Sir Raleigh hesitated when we stepped into the sunlight, and he rubbed against my leg as if to ask, "Are you okay?"
My thoughts whirled. "No, but we need to keep going. I"m going to stick to the woods and river trails as long as possible, though. I don"t want to face awkward questions." I didn"t know how I"d handle them, if my irritation with Barton and Desmond had been any indication.
As if I didn"t have enough to worry about, I recalled I had to be concerned about Kestrel losing her way in the thick forests of the Smoky Mountains. But maybe it was good she wanted to test her powers. I still shuddered at her threat to join the Normals, which was little better than a cult trying to convince paranormal creatures to live as humans. It couldn"t be healthy to deny the mystical part of onesel
