“No hex hunting this time.” The smoke from the madam’s lips puff as she tells us our new task. She pushes a scroll towards us. “I need you to retrieve a girl.”

    No rubies, no thievery, not even lost trinkets.

    A girl.

    If I may be bold, our life wasn't always like this.

    My sister and I hadn’t always lived amongst thieves and criminals. We began as innocent children, really. 

    Innocent, for the greater part.