And why do I find you here? How many times have you been told not to go into the castle,” he shouted, his face puce with anger. “You could break your neck in there in the dark!” Maddy was too shocked to do anything but stare at him as her breath came in frightened gulps. George was barking at the...
The selkie female kept her arms around Maddy as they dived, safe from prying Tuatha eyes. Maddy thought of Danny, Roisin and Nero back in the castle and tried to struggle back to the surface, but the selkie had her locked in her embrace. Maddy’s lungs began to burn as the air ran out and she thra...
It was a little too quiet for Maddy’s liking. Surely forests should be noisy at night, when the predators come out to feed? She couldn’t hear the scurry of small animals through the undergrowth or the bark of a fox. It felt like every living thing around them was holding its breath. It was warmer...