Chapter 36

"Are you sure we should be looking for a building?" the crow flapped his wings to loosen stiff muscles. "He could be hiding anywhere."

"You said he carried her off in her own shape." The Frog Prince ducked. "If he is going to hold her then he needs a building with a tower or a cellar to lock her in. Anything else she is likely to escape."

"The only buildings that are complete are over north of the causeway. There is the border fort in the pass."

"Isn't that fort part of the Northern Kingdoms?"

"I think so? What of it?"

"I remember when we first studied the transformation curses at school. We were told how the magic only holds in the Magic Kingdoms. I asked why the spelled royalty weren't just taken north until the magic quit. I was told there were two possibilities; one was that the enchanted one would come up against a magical barrier, like the one holding Princess Avi to her lake." Herbert paused.

"Well, the other possibility?" prompted Jordon.