Chapter 16
Cassandra walked with Joshua, while John followed them a little behind. He felt like a chaperone and he hated it. It horrified him to observe how much his protegee was under the spell of this Autima wizard. She drank in his words and took every opportunity to touch his arm or laugh when he said something more or less funny. He said nothing, how could he? It was misplaced jealousy.
— I heard a noise, John said suddenly.
He stopped and looked around for where those sounds were coming from. Joshua and Cassandra stopped walking too.
— I didn"t hear anything, Cassandra retorted.
— I can see that, you"ve been chattering all along.
She glared at her protector who had almost spat those reproaches in her face. It was true that since she was with Joshua, they had chatted about every
