Chapter ONE - Weebly

“I need your help, Janna. There’s a conjurer in the
lanes who’s killed twice now: a young woman a few
nights ago, and a little boy last fall.”
Her expression grew serious. “I heard talk o’ this.”
“What did you hear?”
“Not much. I heard o’ th’ killin’s. That’s all.”
“His latest victim was Jennifer Berson.”
“Her father’s th’ rich man?”
Ethan nodded, reached into his coat pocket, and
pulled out the small bundle containing Jennifer’s brooch.
“This is what was taken from her.”
Janna took the bundle and unwrapped it, whistling at
the gem. “Nice,” she said. “Cut yourself, an’ put some
blood on it.”
Ethan hesitated.
“I’m too old t’ be cuttin’ myself for your jobs.”
He did as she instructed.
Janna muttered something under her breath and an
instant later, there was a small flash of blue light round
the brooch. But that was all. The glow vanished as
quickly as it had come. Ethan thought he glimpsed a
pale blue figure standing off to the side, but by the time