Chapter 1 The sky was cloudy that day. In the distance, thunder roared and a flash of light seared across the sky. Amyas felt a drop of water fall on his nose and he looked back up at the man carrying him. Not much could be seen in the dark, but Amyas caught the man’s twinkling, green eyes gazing into the darkness ahead of them. He tried to make a word form in his mouth. The man glanced over both his