Chapter Nineteen
Eva and Tren returned to Griel’s house to find he and his wife engaged in an intense conversation. They cut this short as Eva appeared.
‘We cannot take you to Krays,’ Ana snapped.
‘Oh?’ said Eva with studied calm. ‘Why not?’
‘Because he cannot be found.’
Was this the truth, Eva wondered, or was Ana trying to delay? ‘I know the university people at Draetre were unsure of his whereabouts, but I thought that you would have better information.’
Ana snorted. ‘Why would you suppose that? Being unpredictable is part of his power. You don’t go to him: he finds you.’
‘Well then, when do you think he will next come to find you?’
‘That is not possible to predict.’
Two possibilities flitted through Eva’s thoughts. One: perhaps she was telling the truth, in which case this was
