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Cornwall.” Before I even thought it, I’d said it. I didn’t know how I was going to get there; I just knew that was what I had to do.
    “You can’t Master Stephen.”
    “I know you love her, but you can’t do anything.”
    “I think you should just get to bed and think about it again in the morning.”
    Everyone was speaking at the same time except Victoria, who just sat there with an expression of desolation and despair. When everyone finally ran out of things to say, she turned her gaze on me, then almost in a whisper, she began…
    “Master Stephen what you want to do will be very dangerous and you’ll need to be very brave. You’re just a boy and you’ll be going up against a powerful and evil man. So you must be very sure this is what you want to do. I have dealt with evil men… they stole my family.”
    “I know you all think my husband died from drinking too much, but he didn’t. Sure he liked his drink and many a night he would fall down drunk before he managed to get home. But, that is not how he died. He died trying to save our daughter from a man like Lord Beecham. She was only six years old at the time…”
    Her eyes seemed to glaze over as she recalled a past that none of us had ever heard.
    “Katherine was her name little Katy to everyone that knew her. Her father was a big man, he could take on three men in a fight without breaking a sweat, but little Katy could twirl him around her little finger. She had the bluest eyes you ever saw and blonde hair that hung in curls to her shoulders. We never had much money, but we were determined that Katy would not end up as a scullery maid or worse. So we paid for her to be educated by a clergyman.”
    “Everything seemed to be fine at first, but after a few months she became withdrawn, the sparkle went out of her eyes and she wouldn’t let anyone touch her. We were worried of course but thought it was just a phase and would soon pass. But it didn’t it just got worse! Then one day I finished work early and went to pick her up from her schooling. I went to the church but there was no one there. I wandered around looking for her. I thought I heard voices coming from a side door, so I went over and pushed it open. There were stairs leading down. The voices were louder now, a shiver of foreboding shook my body, but I forced myself to go down. At the bottom of the stairs was a long darkly lit corridor, at the end of the corridor I could see a strange light emanating from behind a partially open door. A feeling of dread overcame me as I approached the door and I almost turned back. Just as I was about to leave I thought I heard my Katy’s voice, but it was so filled with pain I almost didn’t recognize it. Pushing against my fear I moved towards the door and opened it just enough to see in…”
    Tears were streaming down her face and I thought she wouldn’t go on, but with an effort, she took a deep breath and continued. “There were strange symbols on the walls and people were chanting, although it was no chant I’d ever heard in a Christian church. An altar draped in black with the cross of our Lord suspended upside down, above it trembled in the centre. The clergyman seemed to be in some sort of a trance, his eyes rolled back in his head. Katy, four other girls and a boy stood in a circle holding long black candles. In the middle of the circle was what I could only describe as a darkness. I don’t know what it was but I knew it was something base and corrupt and it was reaching towards the children. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I just stood there in shock. Then Katy saw me her eyes widened and tears came to her eyes. Jolted out of my stupor I ran at the clergyman knocking him to the ground. Grabbing my little girl to get away from that evil I ran blindly back down the corridor. As I reached the stairs, I heard a voice full of malevolence and hate behind me. It was the clergyman.” “SHE IS MINE.”
    Victoria’s shoulders were shaking