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dropped quickly. Looking around she saw nothing but shadows. She
didn’t want to leave him; it would take her at least a two hour walk to the
nearest house and help. Maybe she wouldn’t have to go so far. Maybe if she
moved around a little she’d be able to pick up a signal so she could call for
help.
    Leaving
his side, she walked around a couple of feet away from the young man but still
no signal. Maya kept going until she went beyond the standing stones. Once she
did she got a signal and the call went through.
    The
emergency people would be there as soon as they could. She put her phone in her
cargo pants side pocket and returned to the boy’s side. They could send a
chopper in but the low-laying fog presented a visibility problem. They’d fly in
as close as possible to her coordinates then walk their way up to them. She’d
described the area to the operator and had been a little taken aback when the
woman claimed she’d never heard of the standing stones. Shouldn’t they have
maps of the various hiking areas on the mountain? She even checked to make sure
she’d dialed the emergency number for Sperrin County. After all, she had
programmed the number into her phone while on the first hike out here.  
    Maya
gave the operator the name of her inn and the name of her hiking guide. She
tried to describe how to get there, the way her guide had done, but she didn’t
seem to be very helpful. Hopefully, they’d get a hold of her guide who could
bring them to the right spot or they could call her cell and try to track her
location from the signal.  
    Nothing
had changed with the young man’s condition. She tried to wake him up again by
gently shaking his arm, but he wouldn’t stir. Pressing her fingers between his
jaw and the side of his neck, she checked his pulse. It beat strongly against
her fingers; at least confirming signs of life. Next, she checked his pockets
for a wallet or any type of identification, but they were all empty. Maya
searched near his body for signs of a backpack or any kind of clue as to who he
might be or what happened to him, but she could find nothing. The fog
continuously rolling around the stones didn’t help visibility much.
    She
got up, extended her search, and walked within the circle of stones to see if
she could find anything. Her hand reached out to touch one of the stones.
“Ouch!   What the…” Maya couldn’t
believe what she saw. The stone glowed, and she’d definitely got an electric
shock, just like before. Only this time no dirt marred the stone. The glow
helped highlight a discernable pattern etched into the rock. “My God! What…what
is that? A dragon? So I did see a dragon before. But…but this is impossible.
First it’s there then it’s not.”
    A
moan from behind her caused her to turn around in time to see the young man
trying to sit up. She ran over to him. “Hey, it’s okay. Stay still. Don’t try
to move. Help is on the way.”
    He
ignored her. He sat up and drew his legs to his chest. “Oh my head.” His head
fell forward until it almost touched his knees, and he brought his hands up to
cradle his temples. His motions drew Maya’s attention to his hair. It was so
long that when he leaned forward it cascaded past his shoulders until it
completely covered his elbows. “What…what happened?” he stammered.
    Momentarily
lost for words, Maya kneeled down beside the young man. “I don’t know.” She
almost lifted her hand to touch the waterfall of hair. “I found you unconscious
here in the middle of the stones.”
    “S-stones?”
He lowered his arms and raised his head to look around him.
    The
fog had rolled off a little more and Maya sucked in a breath. Oh wow, handsome,
and breathtakingly so. He must drive the young girls crazy. The face of an
angel stared back at her, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old golden angel with
long blond hair. And those eyes. They were eerily familiar. A lot like the eyes
from her dream, like emeralds, and they even