Darkness Book II - Darkness, #2

Lilian is a young woman with unprecedented magical talent. Unfortunately, her abilities are becoming a threat not only to herself. She escapes from the School of Mages in the Capital. The desire to find out what happened to her mother is stronger than her fear of capture. It turns out that her parent has been dead for a long time. The devastated girl doesn't know what to do. She decides to find employment at the tavern to survive the winter.
She quickly earns the sympathy and favor of the owner as well as of its patrons. Baroness' spy, the Alchemist, follows her trail. He has the order from the Baroness herself to capture the fugitives, bind her power and deliver her to the dungeons at the fortress. Unexpectedly, the girl gets support from someone who is a regular guest of the tavern, and who, like her...