The Witches of Merribay (The Seaforth Chronicles) (27 page)

“She's turned to the bad side, I take it?
” Drumm asked nonchalantly.

“That she has
. But we will rescue her before it's too late.” I stammered as tears welled up in my eyes.

“We will need help
, then. And I know just where to go. We shall leave tomorrow evening.”

“Where are we going?”

“To meet your mother and the rest of the light elves.”

I felt overwhelmed
, and I laid my head on the ground. As I did so, two figures walked out of the edge of the forest. I swiftly sat upright. As they moved closer toward us, I noticed they were two men even taller than Drumm, wearing tight-fitting white pants and hunter green shirts with matching green robes. They held bows, and each had a slender bag of arrows. They looked at us intensely.

“Or perhap
s they have come to us…,” Drumm said.