The Lost Lands: A Belladonna Johnson Adventure (Spellbinder Book 3) by Stringer Helen

Author:Stringer, Helen [Stringer, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Mediadrome Press
Published: 2014-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

“I bet nobody ever made Queen Elizabeth the First eat broccoli.”

“She was the queen,” said her mother. “And they didn’t have broccoli in England until the 18th century. Now eat.”

Belladonna sighed and managed to force down two more pieces before her mother finally relented. She was quite cross, though, and the rest of the evening consisted of television and pointed silence. Belladonna sighed as the mantelpiece clock struck nine.

Bedtime.

She stood up and walked to the door.

“I’m sorry about the broccoli, mum.”

Her mother smiled.

“It’s alright,” she said, gently. “Goodnight, Belladonna.”

“Goodnight.”

She walked upstairs slowly, changed, brushed her teeth, and walked to the window. The night sky was stormy and clouds roiled across it, hiding then revealing the moon. Belladonna winced and glanced down at her left wrist. The piece of Darkness that one of the Shadow People had left beneath her skin was moving, winding itself round and round, echoing the turbulence of the night clouds. It was usually still, but there were certain times when it moved like something living. Sometimes it was when the sky was stormy, like tonight, but other times it could be broad daylight without a cloud to be seen. It didn’t make any sense.

She drew the curtains and clambered into bed. As she reached to turn out the light, she noticed that the piece of Darkness was still once more. She lay in bed and stared at the ceiling. What was it? It felt like a time bomb. She knew it was something bad, but she hadn’t been able to talk to anyone about it. Not Steve, not her mum and dad, and definitely not Miss Parker. She knew she should, but keeping it to herself made her feel that it hadn’t happened, that the creature of the Darkness hadn’t grabbed her wrist, that everything was alright.

Only it wasn’t.

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