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Chapter Ten
Mara did not come out of the cellar for the rest of the day after that. As he promised he would, Matthias immediately took the leather-bound book to the backyard and burned it with the compost. He did not take his eyes off it until the last flames had died down and each and every piece of parchment was rendered to ash. That would be the end of it, he kept telling himself.
Alyra had been watching curiously from the garden. "What was that?" she asked as Matthias began heading back to the cottage.
"Don't worry about it," was all he could answer with.
Alyra let out a sigh, showing a hint of frustration. "Did you talk to Mara?"
"I took care of it," Matthias responded, not wanting to keep his mind on any of this. "We won't have to worry about this anymore."
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