The Witch by Kristina Hlaváčková

Author:Kristina Hlaváčková [Hlaváčková, Kristina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-15T07:00:00+00:00

Had anyone been listening, they would have heard a whispered argument. However, nobody was listening. Something moved through the room so fast, an unsuspecting observer would have hardly noticed. Hangers rattled in the wardrobe, suddenly, shirts and trousers were gone. One moment, a bunch of neatly stacked weapons was standing in a corner, and the next, none were there, leaving behind only a few specks of slowly settling dust. A quiet thud sounded from a shelf, where a book fell into a gap previously occupied by another volume. A wooden box disappeared from its hiding place. Cupboards in the kitchen flew open, as if struck by an invisible tornado, and some of the food stored in them vanished. Everything was gone long before the hangers in the wardrobe had stopped swaying.

Ashkent bent his head almost to the ground. For a moment, with one eye, then the other he glared at the pygmy jumping in front of his nose. He snorted and tossed his head. The corral gate opened on its own accord. Surprised, Ashkent looked beneath his legs. The neigh he let out sounded more like a yelp. Something gripped his hooves and lifted him bodily in the air. Had the guards been watching, they would have seen him moving at breakneck speed on motionless, stiff legs. Under each of his hooves was a scramble of little hobnailed boots moving so fast, they were all a blur.

Arguing and swearing sounded from the saddlery. Tiny figures were running along the saddle benches, shouting at each other. Every other word was bugrid. When the arguing finally stopped, a saddle disappeared from the bench closest to the door.

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