“Get Me”
Future
Cora fell to the ground.
There was no doubt that the woman towering over her knew her, ready to speak an incantation through her silver mask. She drew her arm and --
Her wand was whipped from her hand. She jumped to see where it had coming from, turned around herself but couldn’t see anyone. Then she scrambled for her wand. It was gone a moment later again. “Who’s here?” she yelled, but there was only another spell fired at her feet. On her way out, she leaped after it.
Edgar let her. She didn’t look like she wanted to come back any time soon.
Once she was gone he slipped down from the dark timber that crossed held the roof upright and landed before Cora’s feet. “Miss Greengrass,” he said, offering his hand to help her up.
“Mister Bones, I’m so relieved. I thought everyone was already gone.”
Edgar smiled. “Well. You weren’t.” Which made sense to him, but possibly didn’t to her. It had him almost chuckle. “Come now, let’s make sure we do catch up, though.”
