Witchling 03 - Winter Fire by Lizzy Ford

Author:Lizzy Ford [Ford, Lizzy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1623780918
Publisher: Evatopia Press
Published: 2013-06-19T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The students and teachers were all in the square, seated or standing, with many covered in ash. For a moment, all she saw was the remains of the Christmas tree. It had been burnt to the ground and was nothing but a black skeleton. Her eyes moved from there to the boys’ dorms opposite the gravel road. The roof was charred, and the trees behind it had caught fire as well.

Stunned by the scene in the Square, she stepped outside to see the damage to the forest and was horrified to see how far the fire spread, before it was put out. Pine trees were blackened as far as she could see in a long, neat row. The fire had been carefully created and contained, no wider than four trees. It wasn’t a natural burn. Fire wasn’t picky about what direction it went, which meant someone had been guiding it.

“So, what? You hate Christmas and decided to ruin ours as well?”

Morgan didn’t realize the students nearby were staring at her. She faced the speaker, Isaac. He looked exhausted, with dark circles beneath his eyes and his hair singed, as if he’d gotten too close to the fire.

“Morgan wouldn’t do this,” Connor snapped, standing. He, too, looked tired as he strode towards her.

“Everyone heard her say she wanted to burn the tree down,” one of the girls seconded. “You heard Amber. Only a fire witchling could’ve done this.”

Morgan’s heart slammed into her chest. Pain and anger were suddenly all around her, as more people realized she was there.

“I don’t see any other fire witchlings,” Isaac said. “You’re sister’s been a screw up since she got here. They should’ve sent her to the Dark Campus!”

“Back off!” Connor shoved him.

“She almost killed Ronnie!” another girl cried. “The roof collapsed on him!”

Morgan couldn’t speak. The amount of hurt around her was overwhelming, and the looks everyone gave her made her want to cry.

“She didn’t do this,” Sonya said.

“Oh, the killer speaks!”

Sonya flushed, her hurt the deepest of all. But she raised her head. “Morgan is the only good person here. You can all go to hell!”

“Then why isn’t she a Light witchling?”

Their words were like blows, and Morgan flinched at each one.

“Stop it!” Connor shouted. “The next person who dares insult my sister will have their head knocked off by me!”

No one spoke. He waited a second, then turned to Morgan. She saw it then – the look in his eyes that said he, too, doubted her.

“Connor – “

“C’mon. You need to be somewhere else right now,” he said gruffly. He took her arm and pulled her back into the school.

“Connor, I swear to you, I didn’t do this!” she said, recovering at last.

“Where were you last night?” he demanded.

“What?”

“You’re the only one who wasn’t accounted for this morning. It’s kind of suspicious that you threatened the tree and then disappeared after it caught on fire!”

“Connor,” she whispered, wounded beyond anything she thought possible. “You know I’d never hurt anyone or anything.”

His face softened, and he rubbed his eyes.

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