Chapter 24

They had returned to town, with Viola heading straight back to her grandfather's home. Leonardo had been silent all through the ride home. She rode with him and his sister Selena.

He didn’t talk to her, he was mute. He must have been really angry with her. But Viola couldn't help it, she partly blamed him.

Ria would have not tried to attack her if he wasn't with her in the first place. How many more women like that would Viola have to deal with? She wondered has she sighed. Ria had attacked her out of jealousy and envy, Viola didn’t even have an idea of her existence.

Her mind went to Gwenda Mae and she shivered at the thought of the witch waiting for her at home. If not that her grandfather wouldn't listen to her, she would have asked him to dismiss the witch. Her great grandmother Eudora didn't like witches, that much she knew, Viola didn't think it right to associate with