The Witch and the Wolf by Nikita Slater

Author:Nikita Slater
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nikita Slater

“Hey, wake up.” A whispered voice catches my attention. “You okay?”

I crack my eyes open, then immediately close them again when a super bright light penetrates my skull. Along with the light, a woman hovers above me. If I’m correct, I’m no longer in the treatment room.

Licking my lips, I ask in a hoarse voice, “Where am I?”

Apparently my speaking to her is enough of an invitation for her to sit, the bed dipping next to my hip. “You’re in the Pendle asylum.”

Her response prompts me to ask, “What is this place?” I squint against the light as I open my eyes to see a woman with straight dark hair, weary eyes and the same collar they put on me around her neck, then attempt to push myself up so I’m sitting. I’m too weak though, my arms shaking with the effort.

“Let me help.” The woman’s tone is one of compassion and I nod, savouring her kind touch after the harsh treatment I received. I push myself up while she lends me her strength until I’m sitting with my back against the wall.

“Thanks.” I give her a weak smile. “I’m Magdalene Good Witch, but you can call me Mags.”

She smiles back. “Is that what your friends call you?”

I think of Rush and his refusal to use the shortened version of my name. “Most of them.”

“Nice to meet you, Mags.” She reaches out and takes my hand where it rests on the mattress, giving it a squeeze. “I’m Leeta Good Witch.”

“How long have you been here?”

“Not long. A couple of months maybe.” She catches my look of horror and adds, “Many of the residents have been here for years. Decades for some.”

“All witches?”

She shakes her head, her curtain of shoulder-length chestnut hair swaying against her shoulders. “Only a handful are witches, the rest are humans they’ve mistaken for witches. Oh, and there’s a nightwalker, but we stay away from him. He’s kind of a loner.”

I gape at her. “I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.”

“Yeah, they lock up anyone they think is a freak. A few of us have tried to convince them they’re locking up their own kind, just to get those poor humans out of here, but they won’t listen.”

“Who else is in here?” I ask, wondering if I know anyone.

She starts to list off our brethren. “There’s Catrina Good Witch, Alvetta Good Witch, Gareth Warlock, Brooke Warrior Witch⁠—”

I gasp. “Brooke! She lived in the village where I was born. How did they capture her?”

“She was assigned by an Oracle to watch over Gareth after he tore a hole in the interdimensional fabric to the penal colony while trying to help his brother escape. The witch hunters got her when Gareth took down the safeguards around his swamp in another attempt to get to his brother.”

When it comes to Gareth, I can’t disapprove of the human’s use of electro-shock therapy. “They have no idea what they’ve done by capturing a witch of Brooke’s calibre. It’s lucky this place is still standing.

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