Chapter Twenty-Five

The dark side of shadow land should have rightfully been called the pits of hell.  Not only was the atmosphere uncomfortably close and hot, but the lighting was dim and dingy, and the place was absolutely filthy.  They quickly ascertained that they were too clean and too well dressed, so they adjusted their clothes and hair to better fit in. 

Time on the shadow side of the veil was measured differently than it was on the mundane side. It moved at a slower pace; which was why the shadow walkers were able to accomplish so much in what the mundanes considered a short amount of time. Had they been on the mundane side measuring time, they would have searched for Vanessa’s whereabouts for only a day before finding her.  As it was, on the shadow side, it was the better part of a week.

Their cover story was that they were recent converts to the dark side of shadow land and were still learning their way around.   Since it was a more common oc