SEVENTEEN
They'd seen Father's ship arrive in the harbour, and hurried to get to the house before he did. Alas, they'd been too slow.
Doireann and Father stood outside the house, at a distance where no one could stand close enough to overhear them without being seen.
At least, no one who did not have magical means of hearing.
Rhona bit her lip, letting a little of her magic out to create a breeze that brought back the sound of Father's conversation with Doireann. As she suspected, the woman was telling lies again.
"You girls run ahead. Father is home," she said to her sisters.
Nuala and Maeve seized Sive's hands and took off up the hill, shouting Father's name.
Rhona longed to run with them, but it was more important to make sure Candace arrived safely. The old woman had grown a
