A Circle of Moonlight by Curtis Edmonds

Author:Curtis Edmonds
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban fantasy, fantasy, swords, dragon, sorcery, transplant, sword sorcery, cystic fibrosis, suburban fantasy
Publisher: Curtis Edmonds

Long Black Limousine

Ashlyn | March 30 | Madison Square Garden

“Ya did good, there, Lady Ashlyn,” C.J. says. “Time to go home.”

“Not yet,” I say, tears wet on my cheek. “One more thing to do. I need to make it to where Penny is, let her know that it’s okay.”

“No can do,” C.J. says. “You heard the Dark Lord. He gave you a job to do and you did it. Now I have a job to do, and that’s to send you back home. No time to run any other errands before you leave.”

“You were the one saying Penny was in danger. You were the one who persuaded me to come here.”

C.J. smirks. “Worked, too.”

I give her my best glare. “Call the Dark Lord,” I say. “Ask him for me. He understands about Penny; he won’t stop me from talking to her.”

“I have my orders, Your Worship, and they involve escorting you straight off this island.”

“You can’t stop me, C.J. I’m going to find my sister.”

C.J. leans on her sword. “Exactly how do you plan on doing that? Because I can tell you one thing, you’re not getting past me.”

“Is that a fact?” I ask.

“That’s a fact.”

“You’re forgetting something,” I say.

“What might that be?”

I pull the wand from its pocket. “You have to catch me first.”

“I ain’t too worried about that,” she says. She cracks a cruel smile, then snaps her fingers. All the house lights in the Garden come up. The arena is filled with dark furry shapes, all of them wearing hockey sweaters.

“Maybe you can get past me, but all of them? Not seeing it, Your Worship. Best to come along quietly. I can be reasoned with, but werewolves, you know, they don’t excel in the art of negotiation.”

“I was right. This was a trap all along.”

C.J. smirks. “That’s as may be. Question is, what are you going to do about it?”

All right, Ashlyn, I think to myself. You against the Warden of the Eastern Marches, backed by twenty thousand werewolves. How do you get out of this one?

Assets: my brain, my sword, the most powerful wand in the world.

“What I wouldn’t give for a holocaust cloak,” I say.

“Old movie quotes ain’t gonna help you any, love,” Valentine says.

Fight or flight. Fight or flight. Fight or…

“Accio Broom!” I shout, and a push broom flies from somewhere into my outstretched hand. I climb aboard, and kick off the ground in one fluid motion. I rise into the air, wafted by a ragged chorus of howls.

Madison Square Garden turns out to be a pretty good place to learn to fly. No crosswinds, for one thing. I fly over the court in a lazy loop, about twelve feet up. The werewolves rush the court, but all they can do is mill around, waiting for me to fall. C.J.’s face is an unbecoming shade of scarlet, as she yells something at me that I can’t hear.

I take a second loop around the court, rising until I’m level with the new bridges, which are

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