Where did you get that necklace?’ He asked leaning in to touch it but then quickly moving his hand away. ‘It belonged to my father,’ I replied. He stood up from his stool and pushed it away abruptly. But when he spoke, his voice was light and gentle, ‘Who’s your father?’ Kate lives in the ordinary town of Higham in the Lake District. Jack is a new boy at her school but he is not all he seems. His arrival changes something in her and she starts to be able to do things that she didn’t believe were possible. Through contact with the gypsies in her town she begins to understand what is happening. Jack finally tells her about who he really is but there are others who pose a threat to Kate and the whole human race.