"I assume there was a boat involved. They followed the corpse road--the ley line--across the ocean, and went inland until they hit a crossroads." His face goes wry.

"I only know this bit because of Noah--my friend who was also a ghost. The best way to help a spirit stay in the world if they want to be seems to involve keeping their remains on a line. When we found his body and he was removed from the line temporarily, Noah...faded. When we brought him back he improved for awhile." Talking about Noah draws shadows into Gansey's voice. This is another part of the nighttime story.

"Trust me, Iggy, I now know far too much about the things one can find in caves." He gives a theatrical shudder that's only half theatre. Gansey hadn't minded caves much before he really understood what kind of things could be in the dark.

"Well." His smile goes pinched. "Do you know anything about St. Mark's Eve?"