Chapter 4
NELLIE WALKED BACK through the streets of the city to the artisan quarter. When she came past the shops, people were still unaware of that horrible piece of paper on the church door. That piece of paper that would make their activities illegal.
Most of the shop owners and many of the carpenters, tailors, bakers and anyone who plied a handicraft had limited amounts of magic. At least the ones who were good at it.
She wasn’t sure why the Regent’s aimed to get rid of all the craftspeople in the city. If no one was left to bake the bread, how would people eat? If all the musicians left, then who would play at his banquets? Who would cook? Who would build houses? Who would make beautiful furniture? Who would sail ships? Anyone could get a team of sea cows and let them drag a barge
