Athame

The Dark Forest of Kulhn is an ideal refuge for those who want to avoid the attention of the powerful, as long as the refugee has plenty of silver, garlic, cold iron, wolfsbane, etc.

Jessera wasn't looking for trouble. She just wanted to make an honest living and not get hanged for witchcraft. She didn't expect to encounter a lost nobleman while she was running her fur traps. Peteros was city born and bred. He just wanted to finish his mission and get home alive. He never expected to encounter a lovely maiden with a skinning knife while he was running from a werewolf.

For a generous reward Jess agreed to guide him home. But days and nights of sharing danger and campfires
surprised both of them with something that neither had expected. When they finally reached the city Jess quickly
learned that nothing in the woods, whether alive or undead, could match the evil of royal politics.

Fortunately, they had a secret weapon.