Azrael's Twins by V. J. Mortimer

Author:V. J. Mortimer
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Sword & Sorcery, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Books, Fantasy & Magic, Fantasy, Fantasy & Scary Stories, Science Fiction, Children's eBooks
Published: 2013-03-01T06:00:00+00:00

As lunchtime approached Niamh felt herself getting more and more nervous. What was about to happen? She could barely focus on her classwork and was told off a number of times by Emmy for not concentrating. She had to get to Grady quickly as soon as lunchtime started, to tell him to watch out.

But when lunchtime came Niamh had no chance to catch him. Despite not being particularly good at magic Grady still seemed to join in on games as often as he could. Before she could give him his warning he had raced off with Hugh and Tulliah to join in some odd bug hunt where they tried to capture butterflies using little bubble spells cast from their wands. Grady was, in his own words, useless, but it never seemed to stop him trying. Niamh tried to keep an eye on him during the lunch hour but it seemed to be a lost cause. Every time she was about to catch him he would disappear around another corner. As the lunchtime wore on Niamh became less worried something was about to happen. There were no gangs stalking them, no dark corners which seemed to hold scary shadowy groups of students. It seemed like Quinn might have been just a little overcautious in his warning – until the first bell rang and everyone started to head back to classes.

Niamh nervously scanned the grounds for signs of her brother but she could not see him anywhere. Hugh suddenly appeared from around a corner and Niamh caught him as he ran past. ‘Where’s Grady? Wasn’t he just with you?’

‘Yeah, but I don’t know where he is now,’ said Hugh in his usual nasty little tone.

‘Don’t be so rude, you nasty little toad,’ said Niamh, with her hands on her hips. ‘Where is he!’

‘Find him yourself,’ said Hugh, running away from Niamh and back up the stairs into the school. Niamh was starting to get really worried when she heard the sound of mean laughter coming from the slope below the western wing of the school. Breaking into a run she saw a group of older boys standing around in a circle with wands out. The glow of magic surrounding the group was visible to Niamh and spelled trouble.

‘Hey!’ she yelled out. ‘What are you lot doing?’

The group turned as one and regarded Niamh with mean little smirks. Niamh recognised them as being in the next year up from her class.

‘Well, well, Princess,’ said the biggest and dumbest-looking of the gang. ‘Come to rescue your brother, have you?’ The other boys in the group broke up their circle and turned to face Niamh. Suddenly she felt very alone and reached for her wand. ‘Oooohhhh. Looks like she wants to take you on, Reg,’ said another of the gang, stepping up to face Niamh.

‘Yes, she does, doesn’t she?’ said Reg with a swaggering tone.

‘I’d watch out if I were you, Reg,’ said a third thuggish-looking square-jawed, heavy eyebrowed brute.

Reg turned to look at him,

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