Once Upon a Dark October

Chapter Twenty-One

G wen was despondent about Estella’s fate despite our attempts to soothe her worst fears. It was her cursed heart that she blamed, even though her lips hadn’t touched Estella. She’d become so restless that she hadn’t had more than a few hours of sleep in the days following the attack, keeping herself busy with crafts and pumpkin carving and pruning the estate’s plentiful flower arrangements.

Word about the incident at The Scarlet Veil had spread quickly overnight, and between her work in Josephine’s laboratory, Morrigan had been called upon by the High Council. From her sour moods every time she returned home, talks with the councilors weren’t going the way she’d hoped for. And Morrigan had confessed to me that she had suspicions of their allegiance, that some had likely turned traitor under Sonia’s influence.

The sooner I infiltrated their coven, the better.