Chapter ONE - Weebly

safe. And by dint of having forged this reputation, she
had built an empire for herself. For if she profited from
her efforts to keep order in the city and see to it that
stolen property was restored to its rightful owner …
well, who could begrudge the woman a bit of coin?
She watched Ethan now as she circled him, a half
smile on her exquisite face, an appraising look in her
cold, pale eyes, as if she was weighing whether or not
to have her men beat Ethan a bit more.
“You’ve been hired by Berson,” she said at length.
Ethan would gain nothing by denying it. Little
happened in Boston without Sephira knowing of it;
chances were she had known Berson was going to hire
Ethan before the merchant’s man ever reached the
Dowsing Rod. But Ethan saw no reason to confirm her
suspicions. He stared back at her as the pain in his gut
and his cheek gradually faded.
After several moments, Sephira flicked her gaze up
to one of the men standing behind Ethan. One quick
glance, that was all it took. Immediately the man behind
him—Yellow-hair—grabbed Ethan by the hair, pulled
his head back, and laid the edge of a blade against