Chapter 19
JOHANNA WENT HOME feeling drained and dejected. Master Deim and Greetje came with her. None of them said anything on the way back. There was no need because they all knew the situation was hopeless.
Yet it was too late to flee Saardam again. Alexandre knew of the survival of one member of the royal family and would hunt them down wherever they went. All the people who supported the royal family were here. But they could do nothing to oust the sorcerer.
It had started snowing, small powdery flakes drifting from the sky.
At home, they found a visitor in the kitchen: Julianna Nieland, seated at the table with her hands wrapped around a steaming mug of tea.
“When did you come here?” Johanna asked.
“Ko came into town and heard about the prisoners and executions. I went to plead
