The Curse in the Candlelight. Sophie Cleverly

always have each other.” She grinned.

      Ariadne was silent for a moment, her cogs still spinning. Then she stood up. “I … I’m going to see if Muriel is all right,” she said, “… again.” She took her plate and wandered off outside.

      I watched her go. “Do you think Ariadne’s starting to forgive Muriel?”

      “It’s Rookwood School,” said Scarlet. “Anything could happen.”

       Chapter Nine

       SCARLET

      he rumours about Ebony were flying around the school faster than I could follow them. I heard someone swearing that they’d seen a black cat coming out of her dorm room, followed by someone else insisting they’d seen her turn into a black cat.

      It was ridiculous. Her magic had been convincing, and maybe, maybe