The Accidental End (The Accidental Witch Trilogy Book 3) by Gemma Perfect

Author:Gemma Perfect [Perfect, Gemma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gemma Perfect
Published: 2020-05-29T05:00:00+00:00

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Fletcher runs out into the street, screaming inside his own head for his mother, and calling out loud for Ellis.

He can’t see her, and he instantly feels sick.

Elodie rushes out of the gate and puts her hand on his shoulder, causing him to jump and swear.

“Fletcher!”

“Sorry! Ellis is gone. The gate was open and there’s no sign of her.”

“Why would she leave?”

“What if someone took her?”

“Who? There are too many protections in place. Let me see.” She goes back to the gate and then looks at him, her expression awkward. “Fletcher – this has been magicked open from the inside. Ellis left.”

“Why? She knows how dangerous it is. I don’t... I can’t...”

“Stay calm.”

He’s running his hands through his hair, angry and agitated. “I don’t think I can, I don’t understand.” He looks confused, hurt, worried, angry – all the emotions passing over his face, then the fog lifts. “I bet she’s gone home.”

Elodie nods. “Get her.”

“She wouldn’t have let them see her, I’m sure. I’m sure she was just homesick.”

Elodie goes back inside, locking the gate behind her. Fletcher heads up the hill, cursing under his breath. He gets that Ellis is new to all of this; he gets that she’s scared; he gets that she’s homesick, but he needs to her to stop being reckless and stupid. If she is missing her family, she should have told him. If she’s scared, she could talk to him. Running away and leaving everybody in a panic is selfish and immature.

It isn’t far to her house, and he’s scowling and muttering as he walks, scowling and muttering and not paying much attention to anything going on around him, and then scowling and muttering as he hears a vehicle screech to a halt.

And he’s scowling and muttering when he sees Ellis being pulled into a van, a hood over her head, her hands flailing and her legs thrashing.

It all happens so quickly, in such a rush, that he almost can’t believe what he’s seen. He shakes his head, rubs his eyes and watches, helplessly, as the van drives away.

He runs faster than he ever has back to his mother. There’s no point chasing the van; he won’t catch up with it, and there’s only two possibilities for who is responsible for this.

The rebels – which he doubts. Ember is tracking the last remaining few at this very minute, or it’s the council members who are still angry at being trussed up and abandoned in Scotland.

His money is on the council members.

He crashes into the house, causing Elodie to jump with fright. The look on his face tells her everything she needs to know. “Ellis?”

“She’s gone. She was walking back down the hill, and someone took her.”

“Who? Took her where?”

“I don’t know! They stuck a hood over her head and bundled her into a van and drove off practically on two wheels.”

“A van?”

“Yes, with no number plate, just black.”

“Right. I don’t think it’ll be the rebels. It’s probably the council members, some ridiculous notion of revenge.

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