Lucky Charm (Reverse Fairytales Book 2)(73)

“I truly hope so, but the truth of the matter is, whoever blew up the palace obviously wanted her dead. Why would they take her otherwise? I’m sorry to say that, although I’d give anything to see her one last time, I fear she is already gone.”

“Oh, you’ll see me again alright!” I shouted at the tv. Cynder gripped my hand, quietening me.

“If she is alive and somehow watching this, what would you say to her?”

Luca turned to the camera. His eyes pierced mine as though he could really see me through the lens.

“I’ll find you Charmaine. I’ll not rest until I do!”

To any one of the hundreds of thousands of people watching, it would look like a broken man doing anything he could to find his beloved, but I saw it for what it was. A threat. He was coming for me and he’d find me. Well, not if I found him first!

I was still seething with anger when Leo and Mother appeared. She still looked as graceful as ever, even after everything she had been through. Someone passed them both a plate of food. Mother took hers to the kitchen table, where there was now space, but Leo sat on the arm of the sofa next to me.

“How’s Elise?” I asked, noticing she wasn’t with him.

“She’s feeling rough. The journey yesterday did her no good. She’s too sick to eat.”

“I’ve got a remedy for that!” said Alanah. She bustled into the kitchen and began taking things from the cupboards.

“One glass of this, and she’ll be right as rain in no time!”

“Is it a mage potion?” asked Leo, suspiciously looking at the weird concoction she was making.

“No, It’s my mother’s recipe and her mother’s before her.”

“What’s happening today? Anything I should know about?” Leo nodded towards the now blank screen of the TV.

“We are going to have a proper meeting when everyone is

Up,” said Cynder. “All you’ve missed is thinly veiled threats from Luca. Pittser’s suddenly come out of hiding too.”

Leo, nodded his head. “I’ve been thinking. Maybe I should go back. Copper won’t know what’s going on. He needs my help and he needs to know the truth.”

“No one is going back yet, until we’ve come up with a plan,” replied Cynder. “It’s too risky. They know you are with Charm and they suspect that Charm is with us. You go back there, and you won’t be able to come back here.”

“Actually I am going back!” we all turned to see who had spoken. Daniel stood there, looking distraught. “I’ve just had a call from Dean. They are holding him hostage. He says they are going to kill him unless we take Charmaine back to the capital.