第十二章:叛徒中背信弃义的叛徒(4)
Killing Hiccup had become his obsession; it filled every waking and dreaming moment. And was the boy to be plucked from his hook in the nick of time once more?
It was too cruel.
The witch’s plan had backfired most spectacularly.
‘He’s escaped! He’s escaped!’
‘HIC-CUP! HIC-CUP! HIC-CUP!’
‘Alvin, my sweetest… Alvin, my darling… Alvin, my honeypot,’ said the witch, trying to soothe herself as much as her son. ‘He’s dead… he must be dead, don’t you see? Some large underwater sea creature must have got him, that is what will have broken that chain…’
‘Out! Out to the boats! Search every corner! Launch the Bullguards!’ howled Alvin, shaking off the witch’s arm, and leaping to his feet. ‘NO MORE TALKING! SHOOT THE BOY ON SIGHT!’