FIRE AND ILLUSION

Book Two of the Blood and Gold Trilogy

I'd never seen eyes bulge so very much. It was fascinating, in a way, how the veins in Hugh Brindle's eyes leapt to the surface, the way his lips opened and closed like a landed fish, the distinct shade of red his face became as my magic slowly tightened in a band of blue energy around his neck and squeezed out his life.

It would be a tragic ending for him, to die among those who despised him for his ...