Chapter ONE - Weebly

“Lux ex gramine evocatus.” Light, conjured from
grass.
A bright light, faintly tinged with green, kindled in the
palm of his hand, consuming the grass as if it were a
flame, but causing Ethan no pain. He held the light
closer to the jewel and saw that it was oval in shape,
rubies and diamonds set in gold, just as Jennifer
Berson’s servant had described. Turning it over, he saw
the initials—CN—carved into the back.
“Well?” Anna asked him.
“It looks like the brooch Abner Berson hired me to
find.”
“That’s because it is.”
“How did you come by it?”
The girl smiled, or at least that was what Ethan
thought the conjurer intended. The image wavered as
though reflected on river waters, distorting her features.
“You have the brooch,” she said. “Your inquiry is at
an end.”
Ethan shook his head. “I was hired to find this jewel.
But I was also hired to find the person who took it and
see to it that he or she is punished, for thieving and for