Camilla's POV
Everything happened too fast after I asked Malakai about Manfred. One second I was looking at him. The next, he yanked me into his arms, muttering words I couldn’t understand. Spells. Then a violent rush of wind slammed into us, forcing my eyes shut.
"Damnit," Malakai growled a second later. I felt the tension in him, the way his vein strained from whatever had upset him.
I forced my eyes open even though I felt lightheaded. The wind had settled, but the same eerie feeling from earlier clung to me, crawling across my skin like cold fingers.
"What just happened?" I whispered.
My gaze dropped to the spot where Arthur had been sprawled on the ground and I got my answer.
He wasn’t there.
My breath stopped. The witch was gone too. The wind; it had been her.
"f**k shit."
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