VALERIA.

I stare at Merlin, completely dumbfounded. He can’t look at me or Professor Blossom in the eye. It seems that he’s embarrassed of the accusation that he just made and utterly horrified at the news.

Beside me, Professor Blossom seems to deflate and swell with worry at the same time. “Well… what happens now? Should we still come in for questioning?”

“That is no longer needed,” he says with a tight smile. “Thank you.”

He’s about to go in when ...