Beauty Sleep - Chapter 16

Jo’s POV

“Do you remember the Witch War, nearly two decades ago?” I asked.

“I do,” Carson says as he gets to his feet. “I heard it was brutal.”

I turned and glared at him. “It was.”

“Do you remember why it started?” Carson shook his head. Few would remember. “All the history books will tell you it started because the Wolf King and the Witch Queen had a child and that child disappeared, never to be heard of again. But that’s not the truth. It began years before that.” I take a breath. “The Witch Queen’s sister, Millicent, was the cause. She wanted to take the child and keep her hostage until the child came of age. Then she would kill her and drain her body of her power. Millicent wanted her power to help her become the most powerful witch in the world.”

“What if she has a wolf? No power,” Matthew asked.

“If the child has a wolf, Millicent will kill the wolf and use the wolf’s blood to kill the Witch Queen. Either way, the child dies.”

“To protect the child