Chapter ONE - Weebly

friend?” she repeated. “I’ll show you just how little I
am, you ha’penny whore!”
Ethan grabbed Kannice’s arm and pulled her back.
Nigel and Nap took a menacing step forward, as did
Kelf. For a moment Ethan thought he might actually
have to conjure to keep Kannice and Kelf from getting
themselves killed.
But though Sephira’s mask slipped for an instant,
she recovered quickly. “She’s fiery, Ethan. I like that.”
Ethan stared back at her, toying with his knife. “I
think you had better go, Sephira.”
She flushed, looking daggers. Ethan couldn’t
imagine she was accustomed to being dismissed.
“All right,” she said, her voice tight. “Remember,
though: You might have defeated Darrow, but you’re
still nothing more than a poor man’s thieftaker. You
work in this city because I allow it.”
“So you’ve told me.”
She eyed him for a few seconds more before
flashing one last smile at Kannice and turning on her
heel to leave.
“Why did you care about this, Sephira?” Ethan