Chapter 105

It was difficult for Netya to know what to say. Sadness and sympathy threatened to steal away the reassurance from her voice. She could give the girl none of the answers she desired. Hawk and Essie’s spirits had never appeared to her in her dreams, and she had not ventured into the spirit world properly since her return.

What could she tell Wren that would not leave her more upset than she already was? She struggled to remember anything from her dreams that might help, but every memory was vague and indistinct.

Just as she was about to break the somber truth to Wren, an image sparked in her mind. It was a dream she’d had weeks ago, almost forgotten. It had not been about Hawk, Essie, or their daughter, but something made her recall it all the same. A child had been walking through the meadows, and with her there had been an older man and a woman.

At the time she had thought the girl to be herself, but did it really matter who it was? She recalled what Adel had trie