Chapter 166

**Lyra

“Zelda, is that true?” Artie asked in a deceptively even tone. “Did you cast those spells? Make those curses?”

“I…” Zelda wrung her hands. She was still trembling from head to toe.

“Of course she did,” Eris said, her voice weak from a loss of blood and Artie standing on her throat before. “I’m not a witch. She is. Isn’t it obvious?”

Artie’s jaw worked silently as he looked from Zelda to Eri