THE DARKNESS CLEARED WITH A sucking gasp into fresh air. Sian blinked as her eyes cleared from the eye watering iciness of the leap. She felt Nesha pull through behind them.

'Daron says the Estate is a few hours from here, we'll lead.' Nesha's thought came to her and Sito.

'Okay, we'll keep close,' Sian thought to him.

The air felt cooler than at the cabin and a mile or so beneath them spread a forest, dense and green. Sito dipped a wing, swinging into a ...