A shrill whistle caught Darians attention, and he looked up and over the lake of kValdemar Vale, shading his eyes with his hand. As he expected, he saw Snowfire waving at him from his balcony, three-quarters of the way up the side of the cliff that edged the far side of the lake.
Actually, it would have been more accurate to say that he saw a tiny figure with white hair waving from the balcony – at this distance he couldnt have said for certain that it was Snowfire. It wasnt Nightwind, though; her hair was still raven-wing black.
The sky above the cliff shimmered with a light, pearly opalescence, although it was perfectly possible to see the clouds and blue sky beyond the new Veil, a magic shield that protected kValdemar.
I would never have believed wed get a Veil so quickly,he marveled once again.If anyone had told me that the Heartstone would support a Veil this soon, I would have told him he was wildly optimistic. It wasnt afull Veil, which would have excluded all weather; this simply kept things at a constant, pleasant temperature, no matter the season. Rain came through, and snow fell to the ground as rain once it passed through the Veil, so they still got some weather. They couldnt do without roofsyet.
