Abaddon picked me up and ran to the house and straight into the kitchen. The cook gasped when she saw me. I must have looked as bad as I felt.
‘No boy, take her to her room, I’ll get her mother.’
Abaddon picked me up again and took me to my room and laid me on my bed. He flitted around unsure what to do and started pacing.
‘Can I get you something, some water, a pillow?’
’No Abaddon, I don’t know what I need.’ I clutched at my stomach as I felt another pain.
My mother walked in at that point and came to stand next to me. She glared up at Abaddon and saw how worried he was and crouched down to look at me closely.
‘What happened, Katherine?’ I couldn’t talk, so Abaddon answered.
‘She was in the forest with Anisah and her pack. I met her at the edge of the forest, and she looked quite
