Celtic Rain (The Battle Raven Series) by Isabelle Stewart

mist and put his hand through it and pulled it back out. His hand took on a faint blue glow when he placed it in the mist.
    “Isn’t the lake somewhere around here? The one where we have been camping and fishing all these years?” Kedryn asked.
    “Yes.” Lara said and watched Aodhan walk away from them. Kedryn followed after and she followed up the rear to a street with only a hand full of street lights giving off a faint glow.
    As they walked up to a row of houses Lara looked them over and only saw one with a faint glow of light about three houses down most likely from a television. It appeared that everyone else on the block was fast asleep and unaware of them sneaking around. Her eyes moved to the mist that flowed through a high privacy fence surrounding one of the back yards. Aodhan stopped in front of the fence looking puzzled.
    Kedryn walked around him and to a very well camouflaged gate. He found the small latch and quietly opened the gate and stepped through. Aodhan followed behind studying the gate and latch for a quick second and moved on. Lara stepped through and shut the gate quietly behind them. Luckily the owner had not locked the gate or they would probably be climbing over it.
    The backyard was like an obstacle course strewn with all sorts of electric cars, plays sets and toys. The mist led them to the back of the yard. A couple of feet to the side of it Kedryn found another gate that opened up to a path beyond.
    “Let me.” Aodhan said as he stepped over to Kedryn. He examined the latch, lifted it up and the gate squeaked open. Aodhan hurried through followed by Kedryn.
    Lara looked behind her to make sure the sound of the gate didn’t wake anyone. She stepped through and closed it as quietly as she could behind her. With the street lights gone the only light to lead their way was from the Red Orange Harvest moon and the swirling mist that flowed out of the sphere.
    They followed a small path someone had made that led to a line of trees to the lake. She watched as the mist crept its way up the path. They reached the line of pine trees and started walking single file as the path became narrower . It wasn’t long until they stepped through the tree line and saw the beach with the lake reflecting red, orange, white and black from the moon and sky.
    “The stars are so much brighter out here.” Lara said.
    “Got to love fresh clean country air.” Kedryn said as he looked around recognizing some of the camping spots that they had stayed at so many times before.
    Lara watched as Aodhan scanned the area there was not a soul in sight. Not much camping was usually done in September at the lake. It got too cold at night for most campers. Only the cabins were really put to use or the spots with electricity for campers. Those camping spots were set out over a hill hidden from their view.
    The mist veered away from the lake and passed over a camping spot just off to the side. It hung in the air between two tall pine trees. As the small group followed the mist through a couple of camping spots, Lara’s toe of her boot smacked right into the rim of a fire pit and she stumbled forward. Aodhan caught her arm and pulled her backwards before she hit the ground. The momentum of his pull sent her falling into him. Lara steadied herself against him and looked at the ground where her foot hit.
    “Thanks. I should have known that was there.” she said.
    “We have to quit meeting this way.” he said grinning at her as she gave him an annoyed look.
    Lara pushed away from him when she noticed his arms were still holding her up.
    “Look at that.” he whispered.
    Lara and Kedryn’s eyes followed to where Aodhan was staring at the mist which formed an intricate pattern of Celtic knot work.
    “It’s beautiful. Am I dreaming?” Lara asked.
    “Not unless we are having the same dream. It looks like a web.” Kedryn said.
    As the mist came to an end, the web started to grow brighter and a shadow became visible within. As