Chapter 48
Monday 21st September, 2020 (Continued)
Jessie’s POV
We followed those weird witches into the woods, wondering where they were taking us. I kept glancing at the hands of all the girls and at Nina’s hands just in case someone was holding a wand or a knife or something. I just did not trust them, not even the little girls. Jamie seemed tense too, especially after I had pointed out the fact that we were the only ones who had eaten the breakfast conjured by Mother Nina.
“Where are we going exactly?” I asked, as I helped Jamie step over the twisted roots of gnarled trees.
The canopies of the trees were so large and grew so close together that the forest was dark in the daytime.
“To Georgianna’s cottage,” said Nina in her usual serene manner.
We had been walking for about fif
