It would be a cold moonless night. The sky was dark and low, the air so chilled it hurt to breathe. Already the ground was laid white with frost and any water that had been liquid under the winter sun had become ice.
Night came like the spell of an enchantress, water to stone, earth to iron, green grass to frosted white. There was no hint of warmth left, nothing of the autumn or the kiss of the vanquished sun. The hours promised to pass slowly yet steal their body heat with indecent speed. Salem was there no longer and instead it was Caa who was running the show now. Jax ran with him and knew that the creature that was running along with him in the woods was no one else than his friend and master.
After running for about seventeen miles Jax could feel that there was Miranda close to t
