"You must not forget your future! If you do it could be very dangerous! You have had many life or death experiences! Remember them! " The badger said this just as he flickered out.




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"Everything will be all right. Just go to sleep, Daine. "

" If I die, it's not your fault. . . " Daine trailed off as she floated into dreamland. Numair opened a door next to him. He walked in, sat on the edge of his child's bed and kissed her goodnight. He walked back into the dining room where Daine lay on the couch.

"Numair, " said a whispering voice behind him.

"Badger? " Numair was amazed. He thought the badger would never come!

" Yes. I'm here , "

"Thank the gods, "

" Do you remember anything before this? "

" It was Beltane . . . "

"Nothing besides that? "

" No. "

" You were being stalked. Weirin tried to pull you into the Realms. Something went wrong. You are in your future, Daine is in her past. "

"Oh my gods... . . "

" Yes. Her past "

" Where in her past? " Numair spoke frantically.

" I won't tell you that . The point is that you have to get Daine through this alive. " The badger left