Page 167 of The Shadow Path
The footage on the television looked like drone footage over a very familiar monument, but while the shadows of Stonehenge in the morning light looked familiar…
The giant growing barrow next to it was not.
The news presenter said, “We do have a statement now from the Corps of Royal Engineers, who say that this geological event does not match any known faults or seismic activities and they are still investigating but that currently there is no danger to either life or property in the area.”
“What about the bloody henge though?” one of the maids asked. “It’s goin’ to topple the old thing if it keeps growing.”
There was a circle of crows flying in formation around the top of the barrow. The grass around it was dead, the vibrant green leached to dull yellow and brown.
“…meanwhile, local law enforcement has been challenged by a group of neo-pagan activists who are trying to enter the site, claiming any attempt to obstruct them is a violation of their religious freedom. Let’s hear from Pippa Kulkarni, who’s in the nearby village of Amesbury. Pippa?”
“Thank you, Grant.”
Laura and Cadell entered the room, and the dragon stepped closer to the television, bending down to inspect the picture of the mound that had grown next to Stonehenge, seemingly overnight.
The dragon straightened, looked at Carys and Duncan, and said, “I don’t think the Morrigan is in Gorne Wood anymore.”
End of Book Two
