The next thing knew, she was being lifted back onto the balcony and laid down gently on the floor. Her brother Anders was shouting at Conal, who fled down the staircase. Anders peered down worriedly at Kel.

'Kelly,' he said using his nickname for her, 'are you all right? Wake up, Kelly.'

She lay half conscious in his arms, as he carried her lifeless body down the stairs and into the main building.

In time her physical wounds healed, but she was left with a morbid fear of heights. Conal was sent back to the palace and Kel didn't see him for the rest of the summer. In the autumn, they set off for the Yamani Isles….

Four years later they returned to Mindelan for a short while. It was then, when Kel saw Conal for the first time in four years. He seemed totally oblivious to Kel and ignored her, until they where alone. Everyone was leaving the room to get ready for dinner and Kel paused to adjust her slipper. When she looked up she saw she was alone in the room with Conal. He tried to grab her arm but the eight-year-old Kel hadn't spent four years in the Yamani islands doing nothing. She twisted her hand round and dug her fingernail into the base of his thumb. Outraged he tried to kick her, but she was too quick, she blocked him, grabbed his leg and sent him flying over her hip. She walked serenely out of the room. Her fear of Conal had disappeared, but she was still plagued by her fear, her greatest weakness, her fear of heights.

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