Max rested his head on his knees. Bigrot and Zeeback leaned against the wall. Milo and Basil waited by the cell door and the twins were asleep in a pile of hay.
The Spriggan hadn’t been gone that long, but it was enough to set Milo on edge. Max wondered if he’d done the right thing by sending the Spriggan out there all alone. The door to the outside creaked open. He jumped to his feet and listened to the rapid slap-slap of the Spriggan’s bare feet hitting the floor. The Spriggan appeared, but did not return to his place in the cell. “We must leave here now,” he whispered.
“What about Celadine?” asked Max. “Did you find her?”
“She escaped,” said the Spriggan. “Flew away with another.”
“Flew away?” asked Max.
“The ugly man is very angry because she got away. She was to be sacrificed. W
