If I guess your secret, will you tell me if I'm right?" His father laughed but didn't answer.

“Tendrils of mist slithered over the forest floor, around the base of trees. Xan…”

“The road simply ended. No cul-de-sac. No sign like the ones they had seen befor…”

“Hope is a merciless tormentor. It's the sound of trickling water to parched lip…”

“I don't know...just a feeling, like in..." Xander thought for a moment. "Star W…”