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Here’s another bit from Cry of the Hawk.

The magickers walked further into the pub, so the dim light caught their scarred faces.  The tallest, a woman, lifted her chin. “We are searching for rogue magickers, members of the underground.”

No one spoke, though a few eyes shifted to Ora, Toby and Cor’s table. Ora felt her cheeks heat, and thanked Deity for the dark lighting of the pub.

Tall Magicker’s eyes narrowed.  She approached a table, where a woman sat with a small child, barely a toddler in her lap. The little boy tucked his head against his mother’s neck and she wrapped her arms tightly around him. 

“I will give you until the count of five.” Tall Magicker laid a hand on the table, just in front of the mother and child. “One.” Her fingers curled against the scarred wood. “Two.” Wisps of smoke rose from the table. “Three.”