Chapter 17
Once Daniel and the girl’s parents were secured Josef finally found the time to stop and think. Since the attack started he’d been acting on instinct, taking the actions that seemed right from moment to moment. First he checked on his men. Two were injured but not badly, just some scratches and bites. The artefacts blessed by the almighty had protected all the witch hunters, their weapons had carved through the attackers. That should have pleased Josef, yet it didn’t. Somehow it had felt too easy. He suspected the attack had only ever been a diversion, something to distract them while the girl was snatched.
And what of Ser Daniel? He had clearly used unnatural powers. How could one of the Order have fallen so far? It was almost unthinkable. Something else nagged at
