Chapter One
Returning home meant everything to Emily.
But it was all so new to her. The castle she
grew up in was all but a memory, and this
new castle had mysteries and adventures that would call out to
Emily. This was a new beginning for her and there would be
days when she would be tested and even pushed to the limit.
Not knowing what her new future held for her, she
grew to love the new castle. But the day when the door flew
shut on its own, she learned quickly that her new future was the
same as the old one. Her destiny had not changed. She had to
protect her family and people in town, maybe even the whole
world. She didn’t want it going that far. And then the dreams
came.
There were many different dreams. One time, she was
caught in a big fire. She wasn’t sure where she was or how she
got there, but she had to escape. And there were other people.
Do she save herself or try to save the others? She had to try to
save the other people. The fire felt so real. She dreamed of a
dark shadow shaped like a man. She didn’t know who it was
but something about it frightened her. All the dreams seemed to
revolve around the new castle. Being pregnant may have
triggered the dreams but still, it made Emily really nervous.
More than she normally would have been. Instead of telling the
others, she kept it buried, hoping it would turn out to be
nothing.
Emily knew she had to keep her mind busy. Worrying
about something that could be nothing was harmful to the baby.
She wasn’t going to put her baby’s life at risk. So she explored
the new castle, starting with the wing that looked different from
the rest of the castle.
As she walked down the darkened hallway, thoughts
of Feida and Myra haunted her. She knew they had escaped
somehow before the castle sunk into the ground taking Tabetha
and Alex with it. Because this castle was new, there wasn’t a
line of witches before her who had battled the evil living within
the walls. So whatever was in the castle with her was going to
be all new, all fresh. And she could feel it. She couldn’t
before—when they first set foot in the castle. But now, it was
too hard to ignore it. Something really was there.
Returning home meant everything to Emily.
But it was all so new to her. The castle she
grew up in was all but a memory, and this
new castle had mysteries and adventures that would call out to
Emily. This was a new beginning for her and there would be
days when she would be tested and even pushed to the limit.
Not knowing what her new future held for her, she
grew to love the new castle. But the day when the door flew
shut on its own, she learned quickly that her new future was the
same as the old one. Her destiny had not changed. She had to
protect her family and people in town, maybe even the whole
world. She didn’t want it going that far. And then the dreams
came.
There were many different dreams. One time, she was
caught in a big fire. She wasn’t sure where she was or how she
got there, but she had to escape. And there were other people.
Do she save herself or try to save the others? She had to try to
save the other people. The fire felt so real. She dreamed of a
dark shadow shaped like a man. She didn’t know who it was
but something about it frightened her. All the dreams seemed to
revolve around the new castle. Being pregnant may have
triggered the dreams but still, it made Emily really nervous.
More than she normally would have been. Instead of telling the
others, she kept it buried, hoping it would turn out to be
nothing.
Emily knew she had to keep her mind busy. Worrying
about something that could be nothing was harmful to the baby.
She wasn’t going to put her baby’s life at risk. So she explored
the new castle, starting with the wing that looked different from
the rest of the castle.
As she walked down the darkened hallway, thoughts
of Feida and Myra haunted her. She knew they had escaped
somehow before the castle sunk into the ground taking Tabetha
and Alex with it. Because this castle was new, there wasn’t a
line of witches before her who had battled the evil living within
the walls. So whatever was in the castle with her was going to
be all new, all fresh. And she could feel it. She couldn’t
before—when they first set foot in the castle. But now, it was
too hard to ignore it. Something really was there.
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