A Sorceress on Earth by Jordan Alex Green

Author:Jordan Alex Green [Green , Jordan Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jordan Alex Green

Chapter VIII

How does he remember who I am? I just bumped into him on the way out. Dara tried not to panic.

But Jack just smiled down at her. Because of course, he was taller than she was.

“I was kinda worried about you, but the police were shooing everyone away and since nobody was listed as being hurt during the…” He paused. “Giant robot rampage?”

“Um, yes, it was probably a giant robot. A rampaging giant robot!” Dara said, nodding her head rapidly. “Not magical.”

“Magic?”

Ooops. “Well, um, I heard some news people talking about it. They called it magic.”

“Yeah, they always go for the things that get the headlines.” Jack shrugged. “I mean, if you’ve got a choice between a robot, which we have, and magic, which doesn’t exist, what would you choose?”

“Oh, robot!” What exactly is a robot? Some kind of golem that doesn’t use magic? Dara had seen images on Millie’s TV, but she assumed those were fantasies. On the other hand, Jack was talking about it like he had seen them in reality. I need to spend more time studying here, but if Millie dragged me out, this wouldn’t be happening! But now I can just say—

“So, who’s your boyfriend, Dara?”

“He’s not—This is Jack. We met when the robot was, ah, going berserk.”

“I heard that. Skeptic, eh?” Millie said. “So, why do you think it was a robot? An alien invasion?”

Jack rolled his eyes. “No, but the thing is, we’ve already got Big Dogs and other types of robots that can do acrobatics. So someone built a larger robot, and it went berserk.”

“And the superhero who stopped it?” Millie asked.

“Okay, you got me there. I mean, I could see some kind of public theater stunt gone bad.” Jack paused. “Maybe they were setting it up and didn’t realize how serious things would get after Hancock Park? The robot goes crazy, and, well, that’s all she wrote. The cops aren’t talking about it because they’d be trying to track down all the manufacturers.”

Millie paused, then turned to Dara. “I like him.”

“Thank you,” Dara said, trying to keep the frost out of her voice. Now we can go—

“So, you’re at CSUF?” Millie asked.

“Yeah. How’d you know?”

“My magical powers. Also, the employee parking space has one car in it. Said car has a CSUF parking permit.”

“Got me. I’m just starting my sophomore year.”

“What? That’s great! Dara’s new to the state, and she’s starting her freshman year.”

Jack looked at her. “That’s great. As an official student at CSUF, I want to say that things don’t explode around the school that often, nor do giant robots usually attack.”

“Oh, uh, yes, that’s good! That’s very good!” Dara smiled, but now she was blushing, and why was she blushing?!

“So, you’re hanging out here until school starts again?” Millie said. “I’d figure someone like you would be having fun living the high life on a European vacay or something like that.”

Jack blinked. “I’m working at a secondhand store, and you think I have money for European vacations?”

“Isn’t that what student loans are for?”

Jack paused, stared at Millie, and then looked back at Dara.

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