"You keep your secrets well. I had no hint before this that you had a talent for the black arts. But this " he rolled the little ball between his fingers "is quite a pretty piece of work. " "I didn't make it " denied Letitia. "Then however did you come by it?" "I had it from a girl who burned for it. She had it from a Moorish magician in Venice. She had used it to kill her unfaithful lover. I visited her in her cell the night before her execution for mercy and our Lord Jesus's sake. The Inquisitor... read more
