Chapter ONE - Weebly

stumbled upon something she wasn’t supposed to. Her
murder could have everything to do with your business.
Now you must tell me what you were doing that night!”
Derne shook his head. “No.” He shook his head
again. His face was pale and his tongue flicked
nervously over his lips. “No, I won’t. You don’t know
what you’re talking about. You know nothing of my
business and I’m not about to tell you. But I know
you’re wrong.”
Ethan lunged for the man again, but Derne jumped
back more nimbly than Ethan had expected he could.
Derne raised a finger in warning. “You’ll not touch
me again, Mister Kaille! If you come near me now, I’ll
call for those men. And if I see you at my home, you’ll
have my father’s hired men to deal with. Not to mention
Sheriff Greenleaf.” He grimaced. It took Ethan a
moment to realize that he had intended to smile.
“Perhaps the sheriff would be interested to know that
you’re a witch as well as a thieftaker.”
He started to back away, as if expecting Ethan to
attack him at any moment. Ethan would have liked
nothing more, but the two men by the door were still