Chapter 30: To trust or not?

*LYCIA*

I knew I shouldn’t have trusted her!

I am a cent per cent sure this is Alora’s doing but why did she have to bring Seff into all of this?

I knew she didn’t like me but to play with Seff’s life-

"Aldith, I have something to tell you," she suddenly said, taking me by surprise, her voice low and serious.

“Not now Alora!” My mother shouted at her, in her anger she could rarely control the viciousness in her tone and I could see Alora visibly shaking from her tone.

"I did it," She blurted out just when my mother had turned to leave. With a twinkle of guilt in her eyes she rose from her seat with some difficulty. My mother’s magic hadn’t had her under her control but the radiating effect had still been strong enough to affect her as she struggled to walk and block her way from leaving the kitchen. "It was a prank I played on Lycia."

“What kind of prank!” My mother boomed this time taking her in her hold as she let go of me and I finally fell forward sitting on my knees trying