Hooked on Windmaster Legacy, I Want No Fight #MFRWHooks

Chose between magic, revenge... or the life of a loved one.

This weeks #MFRWHooks Wednesday snippet is from Windmaster Legacy. To set the stage, Lady Ellspeth has escaped the dungeon of the rogue mage--and has taken the mage's innocent apprentice, Nobyn, with her. More than troops pursue her, for the mage has created werehounds that once exposed to someone's blood can track them to the ends of the world. And they are on Ellspeth's scent. To protect the innocent she has left him to lead the pursuers away. In last week's snippet, he was following, but magic was new to him. Now the desperate search continues.

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The roar of thunder sounded from deeper in the woods. Nobyn scanned the sky for the cause. No clouds filled the blue expanse overhead. However, Nobyn remembered Ellspeth’s comments about a wizard pulling water from a clear sky. The implication chilled Nobyn’s mind. Could it be Bashim?

Unwilling to risk being caught in the open by lightning, Nobyn slipped off the garang trail and slid down the steep slope. Trees and bushes slowed his descent and caught at his clothes. A rock loosened beneath his foot and sent him rolling down the embankment into a shallow ditch. The scent of stagnant water filled his nose. Reeds pricked through his clothes.

One final roll of thunder reached Nobyn in his hiding place. All the normal sounds of the forest halted within the space of a breath. When he dared to lift his head, Nobyn looked up into a face dark with rage. It’s not Bashim. Relief battled with fear.

The bearer of the angry countenance leaped from the saddle.

Nobyn pulled his knife and tried to scramble to his feet. Wet clothes and the twisted growth around his legs hampered his actions. “Sir, I have no contest with you. Leave me in peace or I will defend myself.”

A sharp pain shot up Nobyn’s arm. The knife he had held so tightly now appeared in the newcomer’s hand. Cold steel pricked Nobyn’s throat and he felt the sharp edge press against his skin.

“Where did you get my wife’s blade?” the savage voice growled in his ear.

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Click here for another excerpt and a free read of the first chapter. And if you missed Windmaster, an excerpt for the first book in the series can be found here.

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