Chapter 214: One of those mad ones

Celine The room was dimly lit and mostly made of wood. Then again, she would have expected it to be so. They were in a forest, after all, and building materials were not something the High Council would provide to witches that everyone feared. Her eyes met the roof and then slowly moved around. The rest of the house, which was more like a cabin, was mostly wood as well. She didn’t have enough energy to move her head or lift it from the position it was against the semi-hard surface that was somehow called a bed. “That was quicker than I thought,” Celine heard the witch say. “Or maybe it’s just because you’re nervous,” the witch added with a lackluster tone that sounded rather similar to the cackle of witches she had heard about. “Like I said, girl, if I wanted you dead, you’d already be dead by now. I wouldn’t have even left you for my sisters to handle. But I’m not wicked. I keep my word. I will always keep my word,” she said with conviction, making Celine feel slightly safer. Celin