Chapters Twenty-Eight and Twenty-Nine Summary

Uldemar had no trouble finding Xenos's father's house, despite his blindness, having seen it in the scrying glass. The house sat on a hill and when Uldemar and Janine tried to walk up the path, they were held back by unseen forces. Janine notices that the flagstones are different colors and the walk appears to be color coded. As long as Janine stays on the same color as the stone she started on, she is able to go forward. It takes three times before she discovers that the cream colored stones will get her to the house. A child answers the door and Janine asks for Xenos's father. He says it is him and gets perturbed when Janine doesn't believe him. He invites her in and asks her to stand on a large red X. He tells...