Julius’s face scowled hugely and his eyes bleached red when he flashed it across Sasha, and Professor Duncan. He had a revelation and it was one that needed urgent attention. He stared around with peril and ruin hanging in his eyes. Impatiently he paced up and down and each time he glared at the moon-lit sky above, his eyes would bleach to sky blue and a sudden lightning would strike.

Sasha and Professor Duncan hadn’t seen him in this mood and they wondered what Julius had to reveal this time around that inspired lightning. Sasha had her hands on her busts. She could feel the pounding of her heart; each...