Blood And Stone: A Novel in The Atalante Chronicles by Nicholas W King

Author:Nicholas W King [King, Nicholas W]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-05T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“Aegis,” I said, barely able to get my shield up before the flames reached me. The spell affects the local gravity, increasing the resistance an object must traverse to reach me. It works great for bullets... but fire doesn’t work that way. I reversed the spell effect instead, causing the bubble of protective energy to push back a projectile rather than slow its movement.

My shield deflected the flame shells in different directions. One round hit the wall to my left, splashing against the wood and setting it aflame. Another round went up and through the aluminum roof, melting a hole through it before disappearing. The last one splashed against the door frame to my right, setting the whole frame on fire. Each hit pushed me back a step until my back was against the external cinderblock wall.

Upon bursting, the spell fire acted like napalm, spreading flames across the surface of the impact zone. I felt the heat on my skin and regretted wearing my trench coat. It got harder to breathe as the fire grew in intensity.

The meth head sentries got jumpy and made for the main doors. A shotgun went off on the other side of the door, blasting away the lock securing the entrance.

“Sheriff’s Department! Put down your weapons!” said Lester, taking the lead with his service weapon drawn and levelled. He covered the right while Angela brought up the rear with her shotgun and to cover the left. Two of the junkies fell backwards onto their asses, dropping their guns and putting their hands up.

The other two decided to try bravery. They both raised their weapons. Lester and Angela fired off a round each, taking both down with center-mass shots. The pair who had surrendered started screaming and crying, begging the deputies not to shoot them.

I smiled at the robed figure. “Escape route cut off. Stand down.”

Magdelena smirked. “We don’t surrender,” she said.

Lester trained his weapon on the vampire. Angela aimed as well with her shotgun. Magdelena spun away from me and kicked off her heels. She ran with inhuman grace at Lester, who began to fire. The vampire ducked and weaved around the bullets, none of them finding their mark.

I channeled the ambient energy and said, “Adigo.” The blast of green concussive energy hit Magdelena in the back, launching her forward into the wall.

The Red King muttered another spell and three more gouts of flame flew at me. I slammed my cane into the cement floor and said, “Claustrum.”

The floor rose upward in front of me, forming a wall of cement about two feet thick. My head swam from the effort of casting the spell. I clutched my cane to keep me stable. The fiery shells slammed against the barrier I’d created, cracking the stone in a few places.

“Nico,” said Lester, firing at the Red King.

“Get out of here, Lester,” I said. I peeked around the burning wall and saw the Red King had turned his attention to the deputies. He had one hand extended. Sparks of crimson energy appeared before his hand.

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