.

As he said those words, I felt a surge of fear and anger.

I couldn't let him do this to me.

I couldn't let him take me to the king.

I had to escape.

But how?

I remembered the wand.

The wand that I dropped in the forest.

The wand that he couldn't see.

The wand that might be my only chance.

I had to get it back.

But how?

I needed a distraction.

And fast.