Step into Magic by Day Leitao

Author:Day Leitao [Leitao, Day]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781775063742
Publisher: Sparkly Wave
Published: 2018-07-29T16:00:00+00:00

12

Night Revelations

A hand touched Karina’s shoulder. She opened her eyes, surprised that she should be awoken when she shouldn’t have fallen asleep in the first place. It was Nia, who covered Karina’s mouth even though the girl had not meant to scream. Should she?

“Don’t worry,” Nia whispered. “I just want to talk.” She looked at the two other blankets on the floor where Ayanna and Cayla slept. “Away from the girls.”

The woman took her hand from Karina’s mouth. Karina was more curious than afraid, so she got up, careful not to make any sound, and followed the woman some steps away from the blankets.

Nia sighed. “What do you think of all this?”

That was a huge question, and Karina was not sure where to start. “You mean, me being here, and—”

“I mean why do you think he wants us to go to Lylah?”

“To destroy the shoes?”

“Do you believe the story the girls told us?”

Karina was not sure where the woman wanted to take this conversation. “You think they are lying?”

“Not them. Odell. I think he wants to help Lylah, not defeat her.”

The idea made sense, and yet it didn’t. “Why would he want the shoes destroyed then?”

Nia rolled her eyes. “That’s what he says. Now, think with me. Those tunnels are attached to the castle. Why does Odell know them and the king doesn’t?”

Karina remembered what Cayla had said. “He’s all wise and learned, isn’t he?”

“I disagree, but it doesn’t matter. You don’t need learning or wisdom to know secret passages, or else Ayanna couldn’t have led us here. You need only to know people who know the passages. Do you know who lived here before the king?”

Karina shrugged, surprised that anyone would expect her to know any history let alone history about an alternate world.

“Lylah,” Nia answered.

“The Queen,” Karina muttered. “What happened then?”

“Well, she was the queen, before the king. But then, they said she turned evil and was defeated. That’s the story they tell. But what matters for us is that Odell might know these tunnels because he knows the previous owner of the castle.”

“You think he’s evil?” Karina asked.

“I’m not even sure Lylah is evil. You saw her. What do you think?”

Karina tried to remember the dark-haired woman who had visited her in her now distant room. “She seemed nice. But I don’t know. Cayla says she killed her mother or was involved in it. And everyone seemed nice in the beginning.”

“I know,” the woman had a sad smile. “But regardless, I think Odell wants us to take the shoes to Lylah. Well, that’s I thought before, but now I am more certain.”

“So you think we shouldn’t go there?” Karina asked.

“What? No. Let her have her shoes. But… I need to protect the girls. And my son. I think… I think they’re being sent as hostages.”

Karina remembered being tied by people who wanted to cut her fingers, and imagined how Lylah could do something similar. “We should tell them.”

“No. We all have to go. You know who’s after us, and Lylah might be the only person who can defeat him.

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