What on earth was I going to do? The question whirred around in my mind and wouldn’t stop. It was all over, I had failed.
It was as the king neared me that I noticed an oncoming ball of light slightly behind him. At first, I figured that I'd stressed myself so much that I was hallucinating. But, as the tinkle of whispering voices reached my ears, I knew that that wasn't true – perhaps my miracle had come true or perhaps they were here to execute me in front of everyone.
The big blob of light must have been Nixies – I hoped.
There must have been a lot of them, because I could see at least ten large spheres of light. What were they doing? The king, not having noticed the distress that the Nixies were causing gave me a long, baleful look. His eyes glanced up, above my head, and the aston
