Page 121 of Destiny of the Witch

‘Both.’

‘Oh dear. That was a big fat failure then, wasn’t it?’

What the hell was she doing? Winding up Havok Pendragon didn’t seem like such a good idea to me. I gave Keely a desperate look. We were both trying to focus on getting out of here, but we were too worried about Harley to do it. Even if we succeeded, how could we leave her behind? And she didn’t seem to even notice what we were trying to do.

‘So how did you know they’d be in Whitby?’ she demanded. ‘Go on. Who told you they’d be there?’

He smirked. ‘Wouldn’t you like to know?’

‘Yes,’ she said. ‘I would. I should have thought the fact that I asked you the question would have given you a clue.’

‘What a pity you’ll never know the answer then,’ he said.

‘Why? Are you too scared to tell us? I can’t believe the mighty Havok Pendragon is too frightened of a witch to tell me who tipped you off about Trinity and Zephyr being in Whitby.’

‘I’m not scared of any witch,’ Havok said. ‘You, on the other hand, should be terrified. I was going to let you two witches go, but now I think I’ve changed my mind. Such a pretty face. I wonder what it will look like when I’ve aged it a hundred years or so?’

I couldn’t move. My legs were rooted to the spot with fear, and no matter how many times I whispered, ‘Peloryon Island,’ to myself, nothing was happening.

‘You think you can leave?’ Havok said, smirking at me. ‘Your powers are still weak. I can easily block them. You’re going nowhere.’

We were trapped. He grinned and held up his hand. A sickly green light emanated from his fingers and then…

I stared in astonishment as a white light encased Harley, Keely, and me. The green light coming from Havok was completely ineffective. It couldn’t penetrate this barrier. But where was it coming from?

Havok’s face was a picture. If I hadn’t been so scared I’d have laughed. His eyes widened in shock, then he glared at something behind us.

‘You! I should have known the witch wouldn’t travel anywhere without her traitorous husband!’

Sirius? I managed to turn and heaved a huge sigh of relief as I saw Killian standing there, fury on his face. In fact, he looked so angry I wondered if we were safe standing between him and Havok after all, despite the magical barrier he was holding in place.

‘Traitorous?’ he spat. ‘The only traitor around here is you, Pendragon. You’d bring our people into war. You’d happily stand by and let thousands of fae be slaughtered, all to satisfy your lust for power. You’re deluded. Even if there were no more witches, do you seriously believe you’ll ever become Shining Ones again?’

‘Over time, yes!’ Havok cried. ‘Our descendants will once again rule these lands. We’ll live openly, no more hiding away. Our powers will grow until, one day, we’ll be where we were once before, and no one will ever take that away from us again.’

‘You know the problem with that little plan, Pendragon?’ Killian said.

‘Enlighten me.’

‘It’s complete bollocks!’ Killian shot something towards Havok and yelled at us, ‘Go! Back to the island, now!’

We didn’t need telling twice. We each grasped Harley’s hand, and I closed my eyes and thought of the safe and warm living room of Peloryon House.

We were home.

I almost fell on the sofa and Keely and Harley collapsed at either side of me.

‘Bloody hell!’ Keely could barely breathe. ‘Thank goodness for Killian.’ She rounded on her sister. ‘What were you thinking? Why were you goading Havok like that?’

‘I wanted to know who’d betrayed Zephyr and Trinity,’ she confessed. ‘Didn’t you?’

‘Yes, but not at the expense of making that psychopath so angry he turned me into a pickled walnut!’

‘It’s all right,’ Harley said. ‘I knew Killian had our backs.’

‘What? You knew Killian was there?’ I gasped. ‘I didn’t see him.’

‘Large seagull to our left,’ she said, managing a faint smile. ‘Pecking around, looking for bits of food. Or so it seemed.’

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