Dark Spell (Kelpies) by Gill Arbuthnott

Author:Gill Arbuthnott
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780863159800
Publisher: Floris Books
Published: 2013-08-29T21:00:00+00:00

***

At half past ten Josh and Callie met at the corner of the field by The Smithy.

“Did you have any trouble getting away?” Josh asked.

Callie shook her head. “No. They’re engrossed with builders and roofers and insurers.”

Josh started for the gate. “Just a minute. I want to talk to you before we go in,” Callie said.

They both sat on the dusty verge.

“I haven’t told you everything,” she said. She pushed up her sleeve, so that Josh could see the dark patch on her wrist and the angry, inflamed skin that now surrounded it. “It appeared just after we went into the tunnel that day. It’s been getting bigger and itchier ever since.” She covered it again. “I’ve known all along it had something to do with things, but I didn’t want to admit it to myself, never mind anyone else. I thought if I was the only one who knew, maybe it wouldn’t be true.” She grimaced. “I know how lame that sounds.”

“Something else happened to you in there, didn’t it? Not just claustrophobia or a panic attack?”

“When the lights went off, I heard voices,” Callie admitted after a moment’s silence. “Someone saying my name. Telling me to stay in there in the dark. Something touched me.” She shivered at the memory. “There was something down there.”

Josh’s mouth was suddenly dry. “I know,” he said. “I saw it, but I’ve only just realised. When you bolted, I thought I saw you crawling up the tunnel just ahead of me, and then you’d gone when the lights came back on. I thought it was you, but it wasn’t. I think it was whatever you heard down there. Maybe we brought it out with us and into your house.”

There was silence again as they went over in their heads what had happened that day.

“It all fits,” Callie said slowly. “But why now? Why us? Think how many tourists must go down there every year.”

“Ah, but how many witches go down?”

“Oh no… then it is my fault.”

“Callie, that’s not what I meant. You know it isn’t. We need to find out more about the tunnels. What happened in there? You said there was a battle – maybe it’s something to do with that. What have we brought out? What was that thing I saw? Look, it’s time we told Rose everything. She’ll know what to do, won’t she?”

“I hope so.”

They got up, walked through The Smithy garden and pushed the front door open.

“Rose?” called Callie.

An indistinct reply came from upstairs, then, “Just coming.”

Through the window, they could see George with his back to them, busy in the greenhouse.

“Callie, Josh, hello,” said Rose, coming down the stairs, and then, as she saw their faces, “What’s happened? What’s wrong?”

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.