Doreen’s information about the fairy king had disturbed Jak more than he would have admitted. Although he had been worried about Tamisin before, he was worried in a different way now. What did Oberon want with her? And what did Doreen mean when she said that the fairy king changed how people looked at the world? It was true that Jak wasn’t happy about the way Tamisin had turned away from him, but that had been her choice and she’d been free to make it. Jak hated the idea that Oberon might have changed her in any way. He was sure that Tamisin would have fought it, if she’d known what was going on. He’d have to start looking for the pink dust right away. Jak glanced back and noticed that he’d already walked a good distance. He could no longer see the opening to the canyon where he’d left the two sphinxes. The land he was crossing now was covered with lush grass, more like a lawn in the human world than the tall grass in the Sograssy Sea. Jak looked up; the forest didn’t seem that far away now.
