Njorun screamed on and on.
I had been wrong about the needing to take a breath thing.
Then Mjolner started yowling in protest. My first thought was that was all I needed. Competitive caterwauling.
But then Njorun fell silent, bowing her head. As if the cat had shamed her into being quiet.
For a long, pleasant moment, the only sound was the whispering of the breeze through the spring grass. Then I heard voices approaching.
"I was going to show you yesterday. It was just over here—" I heard Nilda saying. Then she and Kara burst into view.
At first, their relief was palpable. They had found the source of that screaming, a now quiet Njorun. And they saw I was there as well. I could tell they thought I had stopped the screaming, and were thankful I had gotten there first.
But even as I w
