Heartless Hunter

ONE RUNE MIRAGE: (n.) the lowest and most basic category of spell. The smell of wet donkey hung in the air, and her load of pots and pans clattered with the beast’s every step—each detail summoned into being by the magic in Rune’s blood and held together by the symbols drawn on her wrist, binding the spell to her. She wished she knew a spell to disappear for a week straight. “Rune!” Her heart skipped. When Laila had finally secured the witch in restraints, shoving her out of his parents’ old shop and dragging her onto a horse, Gideon couldn’t bring himself to look at Rune.