ng the seal on the table before th

ht sneer played about her lips, and an eyebrow r

did nearly every time they met. Today she had l

didn't touch the seal. She left it where it was on

stically. 'Can you telep

His brother standing close by si

the witch told him. 'When I pleas

hing the back of his head as the witch ca

, they found themselves in a meadow. The grass grew tall and dark, the li

the grass around him to release his a

other' Sydney tol

ping it from the ground and throwing it away

shoulders heaving and sk

traightening and wiping his b

nd next, he saw his

ing Sydney' Waltz glowered

m and turning slowly on the spot,

lights in th

quinting and leaning fo

again, shruggi

ay I su

range howl coming from the woods behind him. He travelle

he strange creatures that

the sound, scratchin

e tall grass of the meadow. He paused before the fore

ay out, he had to cr

breath, willing hi

d to himself. 'H

rwards, into