Chapter ONE - Weebly

holding it under his nose. It smelled of apple and mint,
and warmed his hands.
“Can you tell me what happened?” Elli asked. He
could hear the effort she was making to keep any hint of
accusation from seeping into the question. “Do you
know why this was done to my boy?”
He hadn’t even considered the question of why. He
had seen Holin lying there in the lane, and had focused
every subsequent thought on finding a way to save the
boy’s life. But as soon as Elli asked him, the answer
became obvious. Sephira Pryce.
Sephira’s men killed Daniel Folter, and Anna tried
to convince Ethan that Daniel had killed Jennifer. Holin
had seen Nigel and Ethan in the street, and now the
conjurer had taken Holin and tried to use him for
another killing spell. Sephira and this man were working
together. But to what end?
“Ethan?”
His eyes snapped up to hers. “I’m sorry. I was …
The short answer to your question is that Holin was
taken because of me. Because someone saw us
together yesterday, when I walked him home.”