“A witch,” Julian replied. “She is behind all of this.”
Lyra looked back at the girl. She looked young and harmless. Was she the owner of the laughter she had heard earlier? But she also realised that the witch had been there all along, watching the two of them make love. She looked away in embarrassment.
Julian peered down at her face and held her by the chin. “Are you okay?”
About just giving some stranger a free show? Yeah, totally. She nodded. There was no use feeling self-conscious. Witches always knew things they had no business knowing.
“I’ll bring her back to the palace, and I’ll find out who is behind this,” Julian told her. “I’ll make her pay for putting you in danger.”
Lyra wondered why the young witch wanted to harm her. Did this have anything to do with whoever gave her t
