Chapter 43
“Engalla,” Janny could not look into Engalla’s face, “what if we can’t, what will you do?”
“I don’t know yet. We’ll have to wait and see.” With that, Engalla stalked out of the room.
* * * *
Jayanta stood at the window watching the faint light on the horizon grow brighter. It was almost dawn.
Behind her on the bed, the two women sat cross-legged, facing each other. Their hands were held in a cross between them. They had been this way for hours. Neither had moved, neither had opened her eyes, neither had made a sound.
Jayanta was scared. She didn’t know what was happening, only that her sister had been missing for over twenty hours and that these two women, almost four kilometers apart, had shared an incredible nightmare that told them that Kai was in trouble.