Corrie and Jed are on the run.

Corrie is fleeing an arranged marriage to a man three times her age.

Jed, whose family serve Corrie's father, Lord Braitling, as gamekeepers, is fleeing something worse.

Jed has magic.

And those who practice magic are hanged if caught.

Jed won't let that happen. He and Corrie have just admitted their love for each other. He can't lose her, not now.

Jed knows a spell that will save them – but only if Lord Braitling doesn't catch them first...

The first short story in a new fantasy series by Jessi Hammond.