Blood Magic by Holly Hook

Author:Holly Hook [Hook, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1546625305
Google: lpBsswEACAAJ
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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"The sun's coming up," Xavier announced, peeking out of the manhole cover.

"Great," I said.

Already the pinkish light was filtering through the little holes in the cover, making dots on the sewer floor below. We had emerged from the catacombs fifteen minutes ago, breaking down a boarded-up barricade and emerging into a large sewer with flowing water. Thankfully there had been walkways and we hadn't had to get our feet wet, but there had been the smell of some drunk, passed-out person somewhere and we'd gone in the opposite direction of that.

"People are heading off to Normal work," Xavier said. "It's not going to be easy to blend in."

"I'll need my Migraine Blanket to go out there before too long," I said.

That reminded me of Janine. I knew her better than Maisha, enough so that I'd been to her apartment a couple of times, but I wasn't sure if we could crash there for the day.

"The sun's not quite up yet," Xavier said. "It's early morning. We're on the edge of the business district. There's a cafe across the street. I could use a coffee but we can't linger or we'll be trapped there all day."

"You drink coffee?" I asked.

He smiled down at me, still clutching the ladder. "What do you drink?"

"Shut up," I said. He was really getting on my nerves. "What's the weather? It doesn't feel too bad to go out on cloudy days."

"Partly cloudy," Xavier said. "Big clouds, so the sun's going to be in and out."

I thought about it. Janine's apartment was across town in the Marsh Building, not far from the school. It was quite a hike and I was sick of being underground, especially since Leon was still down there. I didn't know how long it took War Mages to regain their power--maybe it was something as simple as a big breakfast--but Leon would come back after us and find us at the end of this tunnel sooner or later. I was counting on sooner.

"My sword," I said. "That's another problem. There's still, like, some demon blood on it." I held it up to show the dark flecks all over the blade. Most of it had burned off when Xavier's magic flowed through me, but not all of it. "Plus, I don't think it's a good idea to walk around downtown Cumberland with a real sword or anything that even looks like one."

"Good point," Xavier said. "I can glamour that real quick. It's simple magic. We have to hide our weapons all the time, so we all learn it."

He scrambled down the ladder and stood on the bottom where I was waiting. I handed him the sword and he ran his finger down the blade, careful to skip the spots that had Allunna's blood, and muttered a few words under his breath. I couldn't even make them out. Some ancient language, I decided. I might ask about it later.

A flare of purple light followed and instead of a sword, Xavier held an old person cane, the kind you'd find at the pharmacy.

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