Chapter 18 THE LAND OF HIS FOREFATHERS

— Elaeya —

I slept surprisingly well, though I found the landing a little jarring and my ears kept popping. I never expected air travel to be such a strange experience.

I went inside the small bathroom once we landed and tried to straighten out, thinking of what Mariqueen told me.

On the tarmac, there were two cars. Sam drove Kaden and I, and Brandon, Stellan, and Anders got in the other.

The forest was beautiful. The trees had massive trunks, their...