Tasting the forbidden.

... 

It was midday.

Myles was walking side by side with his 19-year-old stepdaughter, Wilhelmina, in the outlawed depths of SilverCayne forest, a place teeming with mystery, magic and abundance.

He was dressed in a navy blue long-sleeved shirt and black pants. He was also donning brown leather boots, while he had a sheathed sword strapped to his waist.

His shoulder-length, slightly curly, cherry-red hair had a middle parting.

Even though he was past forty, he could ...