Summary

Something feels off. There is a feeling in the air of something lurking and watching them as they arrive in Nyame's land. Tristan suddenly gets a feeling like they are being watched and that realizes that Uncle C and the Maafa are here. They fly over the empty city. They land by a tiny forest. It's the same place where he and Gum Baby walked by before, when they heard the creepy whistles and fled. Ayanna says Tristan's name out loud. He steps off the crow, Ayanna in his arms. They hurry through the empty marble street. They cross the threshold and go into the tiny forest and just like last time, the whistling begins. High John leads them to the foot of a large sycamore tree. They stop at a hollow among its roots. High John gets down on his knees and...