The Witch in the Lake (2013)
“He had wandered in the forest for a while, trying to quieten himself before he met his father. But Marco was already at the table, preparing supper when Leo stepped through the doorway.
‘Chop some more wood, will you?’ Marco called as he looked up. ‘I’m bone-cold, there’s ice in my veins.’ Leo nodded quickly and went round to the courtyard where the logs were stacked. He was glad to be alone, his breath still ragged, his heart wild.
He dragged out a log and picked up the axe.
The ho...ur he’d spent walking had done nothing to calm him.
Coward! he hissed as he swung the blade. Dunce! he spat, splitting the wood. Call yourself a wizard? For a moment the dark rose again before his eyes, the impossibility of it, and despair made him crack the log in two, sending splinters flying.
‘I can’t even see now,’ he told the earth as he flung himself down. ‘A cat could see better in the dark than me.MoreLess
‘Chop some more wood, will you?’ Marco called as he looked up. ‘I’m bone-cold, there’s ice in my veins.’ Leo nodded quickly and went round to the courtyard where the logs were stacked. He was glad to be alone, his breath still ragged, his heart wild.
He dragged out a log and picked up the axe.
The ho...ur he’d spent walking had done nothing to calm him.
Coward! he hissed as he swung the blade. Dunce! he spat, splitting the wood. Call yourself a wizard? For a moment the dark rose again before his eyes, the impossibility of it, and despair made him crack the log in two, sending splinters flying.
‘I can’t even see now,’ he told the earth as he flung himself down. ‘A cat could see better in the dark than me.MoreLess
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