An Excerpt of Chapter 18 of DAGGER

~Book Two of the Hunted Mage Trilogy~

Erick did not pause at the door but shuffled his feet forward to the table. She heard him drop items onto the top and then crept toward him as he began striking a flint.

A spark jumped from the stone to the char cloth and smoldered for a moment before the smith lit a pair of candles from the ember.

The tiny lights flared brightly and the smith gave a yell as they illuminated Miina sitting across the table from where he stood. He threw the flint stone with a...