"Do you know how to break a binding spell?" Agatha whispered as she peeped ahead at the hall.
She was the one in charge of the lookout as Elize tried the various keys into the keyhole of the door of the basement.
They had come down a while earlier back to the drawing-room, only to find half the witches gone including Aileen and Irina.
The few who were in the house were either reading from their grimoires or cooking food for dinner. One of them had informed the two that the rest of the witches had gone in search of some rare plant for the ceremony. They were to return by sunset.
That gave Elize and Agatha enough time to see their rescue mission through. The two had wasted no time, stealthily sealing one part of the house so that they'd have no interruptions during the process. What they didn't anticipate was that they'd have to try on at least thirty charmed keys in order to open the door to the basement.
