Hard Magic by Larry Correia

Author:Larry Correia [Correia, Larry]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General, Fiction, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Private Investigators, Magic, Urban Life, cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents
ISBN: 9781439134344
Google: mqpCbwAACAAJ
Amazon: 1439134340
Publisher: Baen
Published: 2011-05-03T04:00:00+00:00

“I’m sorry, Jane,” Daniel Garrett said as his fiancée cried. “You did everything you could. Nobody blames you.”

Jane blew her nose and wiped her bloodshot eyes. “It’s my fault, Dan. I should have been able to save him.” She pulled her knees up to her chest and rocked back and forth. “Why? Why couldn’t I be strong enough?”

Her pain was killing him inside. Dan put his arm over her shoulder, pulled her close, cursing his own inadequacies. He knew that all he had to do was reach for his Power. Just a little push . . . the tiniest of pushes . . . He could tell the woman he loved that it wasn’t her fault, that she’d done everything she could, that no Healer could stop a Pale Horse, and with his Power to influence minds, she would believe whatever words came out of his mouth.

Even if it was the truth, it would also be wrong, so he didn’t do it.

“I love you, Jane,” he said softly. He was careful not to even touch his Power as he spoke. He had no right. “It wasn’t your fault. You did the best you could . . .”

“You’re not trying to Influence me, are you?” she asked, almost, but not quite, laughing through the tears.

“Of course not,” he answered as he brushed some stray hairs away from her eyes. “You already know how much crap I get for being a Mouth getting married to a babe like you. Everyone in the world thinks the only way somebody like you would end up with an ugly mug like me is because I’ve got you hypnotized . . .” he said it as a joke to cheer her up, but they both knew it was partially true, and it hurt him every single time. He smiled. “It sure isn’t because I’m rich.”

Jane hugged him close, her fingernails digging into the back of his neck. “When you can see everyone’s insides all the time, we’re all ugly . . . and squishy.” They both had a laugh, then Jane began weeping again, and Dan did all that he thought an honorable husband-to-be should do, and gave her his shoulder to cry on.

Finally, she spoke. “I can’t bear it. It’s just too much hurt. I can fix physical hurt, but I can’t do anything about this kind. I need to be strong. The others need me. Dan . . . I want you to tell me I did my best. I need to believe it.”

He nodded, and pushed his Power hard. “It wasn’t your fault.” His words resonated like biblical truth.

“Thank you . . .”

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