Ruby

"How do you know she was kidnapped?" Hayes asked, his voice rising an octave. It was dangerous. Henry and Kyle froze for a moment, swallowing nervously.

"I told them," the witch, whom I hadn't seen yet, said.

"And how do you know that, wench, I mean witch?" Hayes gritted. "Are you perhaps working with the enemy?"

"No, yes... but not anymore," she confessed, casting her gaze to the floor. I could sense that Hayes was about to erupt, so I held his arms to calm him.

"Elaborate," Zylon demanded.

She stepped into the room and positioned herself next to Henry. "I used to work for the rogue king when...