Pan's teeth were freezing. He did not know why he was feeling the snow so keenly now, and not as they had set off this morning, but the longer the path became, the colder and darker it got, the more he was thinking over this situation.
The World Tree…
There was nothing more powerful. No holder of knowledge as important.
If one got the knowledge of the World Tree, it was said, that person would be able to even bring back the dead. Pan wanted to help Theanore and Marinus, who were hanging between worlds.
He wanted to help them more than he wanted to see the first signs of spring.
But…
Lexus was the nymph of the World Tree. To get the knowledge, Pan would need to usurp him!
Just as he was thinking about talking with Brandon and telling him of his fears, something hit his face.
At first, he thought that someone was playing a prank. But then, another snowball hit him, this time on the nose.
And this one… hurt.
