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<h1>38</h1><p>"You don't have to go," Kerry protested.</p>
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<p>"I do. And Corriwen has to get home again. To her own world."</p>
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<p>Tears were running freely down their faces. It was time for goodbye, and the next step, Jack had to take alone.</p>
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<p>They were in the ring of stones in Cromwath Blackwood. The heartstone was on the carved rock, nestled in the little niche that had been cut so long ago nobody could remember. Jack knew how to do it now.</p>
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<p>He was about to open the gates again.</p>
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<p>"It's that way," he said, pointing to the southernmost opening.</p>
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<p>The words of the Lady in the light came back to him. <em>First find the door into summer.</em></p>
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<p>That was the first step. And then after that, he had to find another gateway.</p>
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<p>He turned the heartstone in the niche.</p>
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<p>Moonlight shone behind him. Twilight before him. On his left he could see the rock in Temair where Mandrake had met his gruesome end. The man-shape could still be made out, covered now with lichen and moss.</p>
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<p>And to his right, brilliant sunlight and the smell of roses and wild honey sweet on the air.</p>
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<p><em>The door into summer</em>.</p>
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<p>He only had minutes. He snatched up the heartstone and looped the chain around his neck. Faint lights sparkled and danced in each doorway. Time was running fast.</p>
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<p>He drew them to him, hugged them tight, ignoring his own tears, then without a word he turned and vanished from sight.</p>
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<p>Kerry held Corriwen.</p>
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<p>"I don't want to go home," he wailed. "There's nothing there for me."</p>
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<p>"And Temair doesn't need me. It's lasted a long time without."</p>
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<p>"Oh <em>freak!</em> This isn't fair."</p>
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<p>"But he wants to do it alone."</p>
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<p>"No he doesn't. He just thinks it would be dangerous."</p>
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<p>"We've faced danger before. The three of us together."</p>
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<p>"That's right. So we have! We can't let that eejit do it by himself, can we?"</p>
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<p>They clasped hands, looked in each other's eyes.</p>
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<p>And then they were running fast towards the door into summer.</p>
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<p class="centered">THE END.</p>
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