Chapter Twenty
Night was falling. Wilder estimated she had another couple of kilometers to go. All the way from Annwn, she’d kept to the side of the road that ran along the floor of the valley to avoid detection. Now the hillside was evening out, which meant she was nearing her journey’s end. She could already smell the ocean, though the raised land had prevented her from catching sight of it.
She was dizzy with fatigue. Her medication kept the pain of her injuries and sore muscles at bay but it did nothing for her energy levels, which felt like they were already at zero.
And she wasn’t even sure where she was going. It had been a couple of years since she’d been at Tycho and Stephie’s house. The last visit had been awkward, and she’d never gone back. They were different people from the
