The Loop
the Witch series
“Well, well, well. This is new. But I guess there’s a first for everything.”
Startled, Damian spun around to face the owner of the voice.
Just a little further down the river where he stood, a lady was meticulously arranging her shawl so her bare shoulders would be covered; she was wearing a bare-shouldered dress. Raising her head, she gazed directly into his soul. “It doesn’t work that way.”
Damian frowned. “What doesn’t work that way?”
“Your wish. Unwittingly or not, you have found me to grant your wish. But I don’t have the power to rewrite the past, for I have a limit of interference.”
Damian’s frown only deepened before his eyes widened into realisation. “You are who everyone calls ‘The Witch’! The one who grants wishes.”
The corner of her mouth twitched in suppressed mirth. “Legend in living flesh. Although there are some who would call me by less flattering names.”
“If you can’t change the past, then what about the present?” he hedged, his mind already working on a different version of his wish.
“Oh?” The Witch drawled. “Are you sure you won’t regret your wish?”
The resolute look on Damian’s youthful face was enough an answer, but the Witch, with wisdom beyond…
