The light streaming from the masked man's eye was hurling them from one period to another.
From moment to moment, without pause, not even a single breath between them.
The first scene showed the prince and Darin carrying that small gray creature toward a wide cave from which strange scents drifted out.
Dozens of Grayfolk gathered there, their bodies thin and their hair extremely long.
They stood like a barrier, preventing the prince and Darin from getting any closer until their leader stepped forward.
He was the tallest among them, his shoulders broad and his head covered in clay markings that resembled tattoos.
He exchanged a long, evaluating look with the prince before stepping aside when he saw the child.
After the prince handed over the little one, the prince and the survivors gradually blended into the life of the Grayfolk.
The leader allowed them to stay as a gesture of gratitude for saving the child, who had been believed to be lost in the forest.
