Abracadabra by K. Stevens

Author:K. Stevens
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: magician, magic, thief, thieves, thievery, magical sword, magicbattle, magic tricks, swordsandmagic, shapeshifter, shapeshifters, enchanted sword, haunted sword, swords, elf, elves, fantasy
Publisher: K. Stevens
Published: 2019-10-10T00:00:00+00:00

17

Pick a card, Any card

I managed to return to the apartment without any delay, safely storing Sting’s bow in my wardrobe. Only after the oak doors swung closed did my instincts start to go off. I was being watched.

"So this place is really yours?" a light voice taunted. "It's no wonder you move around so often."

I turned, spotting the small figure of a black fox hiding among the shadows, silver mask guarding her yellow eyes. Her lithe body wound its way up to me and she sat, the silver tips of her tail shimmering as she wrapped the bushy limb around her legs and waited.

I sighed, leaning back against the smoothed, polished oak and flashed the fox a smile. "Dawn. I didn't think I'd see you again."

A light laugh escaped behind a needle-toothed smile as Dawn's body began to shift. Her body was soon replaced with that of a young woman, as thin and frail as her fox form. She was all legs and arms, proportions stuck in the awkward stage of mid-youth.

Her body had been captured in a skin-tight uniform, a navy-blue stripe across the front of the black fabric making her curves seem more pronounced. Full, straight black hair was swept into a tight ponytail resting high up on the back of her head, swinging from side to side as she stood and stretched.

"You honestly thought the Keepers would let you off with only a warning after last time?" She asked with a laugh.

"Oh come on," I sighed, "It was Halloween. What was I supposed to do? Besides, I exposed the black market in the underground tunnels on the island and pointed them to the mob responsible for organizing said market. They could do with trusting people a little more."

Dawn began stretching from side to side, sputtering a curt laugh as she moved. "You nearly blew up half the island. You think they're not going to keep an eye on you after that?"

I shrugged. "I suspected a bug in the apartment, maybe. But they're so busy keeping humans out of the city and maintaining the magical bubble mirror that I didn't think they'd care once I was off the island."

She sighed with relief as she finished stretching, a sound of complete contentment. "Well," she said, sauntering towards me, allowing me to see the swing of the katana at her side, "it's not like they thought you'd actually listen to them. Once they figured out which apartment was yours, they sent me here to keep an eye on things. They probably wouldn’t trust you around technology, anyway."

"Such a pity when a group of peacekeeping lawmen wind up as technophobes."

She shrugged. "Not my department. I'm just supposed to notify them when you arrive."

“So why didn’t I catch you the first time?”

“I wanted to see what you were doing, dumb-dumb. When I couldn’t open the wardrobe by myself, I figured I’d wait for you to come back and ask you what you were up to.”

“And your ‘department’?”

“Oh, I’ve already let the Keepers know you’re here.

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