Chapter 59

You got tested?” he asked in exasperation. “Why does that not even surprise me?”

“It wasn’t purposeful. I wanted to know what testing was, but when I stepped inside, Gelryn said he’d been waiting for me.”

“Ominous,” Fordham muttered.

She laughed. “A little bit. But it ended up being fine. He actually left and went to the Holy Mountain to try to find information on my visions.” She shrugged. “I don’t know if he’ll find anything, but he seemed confident.”

“That’s good at least. You need to get those under control.”

“Hey, they’ve helped you!”

“They have,” he admitted. “I just don’t want them to control you.”

She nodded and fell silent. They did control her, and if she didn’t find a way to stop them, then they always would. It was why she’d gone to Gelryn in the first place.

They continued trudging through the plane and watched as they crossed over the South River without ever getting wet. Then, the landscape turned rocky, and suddenly, they were in the mountains. The sun was low on the h