Chapter 5“You don’t seriously think your parents are dead, do you?” Mom asked.
Sure. Mom’s question was blunt. But I had to give her props for honesty because it was more than I could handle.
Katherine nodded, teary-eyed. “Yes, I do. I think the wolves killed my parents.”
I turned to Mom. “Remember what I told you? About how Katherine’s parents’ bakery was ransacked by those two people? Well, the hate against nonmagical is real and is growing.”
“But what would Queen Vivian gain by persecuting nonmagical people?” Mom asked.
“Because that’d make her boyfriend, Sirch, happy. Plus, the anti-magic sentiment would continue to make her popular with some people,” Katherine interrupted.
I almost gasped. “Do you think the wolves or the officer are going to look for you?”
She shrugged. “I don’
