A Sorcery of Shadows: The Westwood Witches 2 by Sarah Northwood

Author:Sarah Northwood [Northwood, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

What Dreams May Say

Aero had a strange and alarming dream. She saw a flickering glow as the moon of the Shadow Realm burst fully into life. The screams of her mum and aunt were caught in amongst other witches’ cries. They were strapped to a chair, not unlike the one she sat in at the dentist. Their faces were pallid, eyes large as glass balls, and written in them anguish as deep as the day she had learned of her grandma’s death.

In the dream, Megan was at the castle too, and worse, Aero knew Megan could sense her coming. Megan had commanded the Shadow Creatures to search for her. They were moving in her direction.

Aero saw herself transform into an ant and burrow deep into the soil. The darkness there was so profound she became one with it. Moving with the others, she felt the undulations of the dirt behind her, as they stayed hidden deep beneath the ground to avoid predators.

Now awake, Aero found herself still crouched and huddled small like the animal she had become in her sleep. No longer in the queen’s quarters, the room, whilst not a prison cell, had the feeling of one.

The visions contained truth because in her surroundings, she saw everything as if for the first and last time. The world around her had become a part of her, just as she had become a part of it. Everything was clear. The ripples in the air around, the swell of the magic inside her. The key to unlocking the ability to transform was there in her mind and at her fingertips, in a place beyond time and space.

But she could scarcely breathe, knowing it could be prophetic. Because if it were, then everything else in her vision might also be real. After her encounter with the eagle-people, she had come here, to the Realm, knowing her visions were glimpses of reality.

She pressed her mind to turn to the situation at hand. She went to the wooden door and pushed. But no matter how much weight she gave it, the door did not move. Aero chastised herself. Of course, the fairies didn’t want her to leave. They were afraid, but the fact they were able and willing to lie to her had caught her off guard. It had taught her a sharp lesson.

This was not a make-believe world, where fairy tales were fiction and the fairies which inhabited them were good and kind and truthful. Just like people in real life, they were complicated beings with emotions and feelings. Deceit being one of them. That wouldn’t be a mistake to repeat.

Her thoughts turned to her dad, Lilly, and Fred. Her heart filled with longing just to know they were safe. Since her decision to set off after her mother and aunt, there had been scarcely a moment to think of them. How wicked when they too must have been terrified. She had left them.

If her dad were here to look after her, then

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