The Pearl Quest by Gill Vickery

Author:Gill Vickery
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

Tia shook her head, although she could read perfectly well.

Ondine shook her head, mockingly. ‘Oh dear. If you were able to, you would see what is written in my Book of Shadows here. Never mind, it doesn’t matter.’

The witch seemed to lose interest. She pulled Tia away and closed the book.

They left the magic laboratory, Ondine carefully locking the door behind her, and went back to the living chambers. Ondine dropped the key onto a chest by her bed.

‘I’m tired. Sit with me until Thora arrives.’ Ondine lay on her bed and Tia perched on the end. ‘Amuse me, tell me one of your Trader tales.’

Relief washed over Tia. She could easily do that; she’d had plenty of practice telling stories to the High Witch Yordis. She told the tale of Prince Kaspar and the Skrimsli bear. Ondine was laughing delightedly at Tia’s funny voices and extravagant gestures when there was a knock on the door.

‘Come in,’ she called, still laughing.

Thora entered with her usual bob. Ondine waved her to a footstool. ‘Finish the story then you may go,’ she told Tia.

Tia wound up the tale as quickly as she could then slid off the bed and left the room.

Outside Ondine’s chambers she sagged against the wall. Did the High Witch know she was the thief? If not, why else would Ondine have tempted her with a close sight of the pearl and watched her reaction so carefully? And Tia had read the runes written across the open page of the Book of Shadows. They said: To Catch a Thief.

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