Accidental Wizard by Stefan Lear

Author:Stefan Lear [Lear, Stefan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Fantasy, urban fantasy, Magic, The Endemic Universe, Dark Magic
Publisher: Fractured Mind Publishing
Published: 2018-06-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Now that Magnus had taught him to see evil he decided to test his skills. Tonight his ribs felt well enough to walk around and do some investigation work. He wanted to see if he could pick up the trail of the barghest and track it. So far the beast had only attacked the homeless and people that were alone or solitary.

It probably wasn’t the brightest idea he’d had this year but he was anxious to see this if he could use his new ability without the help of Magnus. Paul had earlier decided his safest bet was to stay near the river. If he got in trouble he could always jump in the river and risk drowning. It was better than being tortured and gutted open by a barghest.

He started directly under the Broadway Bridge. There were always homeless people down there. The barghest might make an appearance since it was fairly secluded. He realized that if the barghest did attack someone, he could do absolutely nothing to help that person without getting attacked himself.

Paul moved away from his chosen spot and tried to blend in with the surrounding landscape. He had considered climbing a tree to watch, but decided against it. He had no doubt the beast could climb into the tree as well as he could, and could jump down even faster. So he stayed on the ground and tried to blend in.

He watched a couple of junkies lean up against one the support columns and break out their kit. After a few minutes of prep and a moment of heating their spoon, their spike was jabbing into the skin. As they leaned back and nodded, he could only assume they had reached whatever nirvana the drug offered them in exchange for the grimy reality of their current situation. A few moments later a pair of homeless walked by, drunk from whatever alcohol they had consumed.

This was a perfect place for the barghest to appear at. It had everything the beast could want. Paul called up the power Magnus had taught him to use. Sure enough, the area around the junkies was infused with swirls of silver. All he had to do was wait for a blackish-red to mix with the silver and he would be able to watch the barghest as it hunted. He wanted to find a pattern to how the barghest targeted his prey. Currently all he knew was that it hunted at night in areas filled with the desolate dregs of humanity. There had to be more to its patterns.

“There you are, beasty.” A small thread of dark red had creeped into the area. He had almost been ready to give up for the night. The barghest was near and closing in. The red became more prominent and began darkening in color, weaving its way through the silver, dominating it as it gained prominence.

A small fear creeped into his mind. Could the barghest smell him, remember his smell from the night it had attacked Marie and him? He hoped not.

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