Life Beyond the Temple by Nikolai Joslin

Author:Nikolai Joslin [Joslin, Nikolai]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2015-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

CASEY’S LEAVING. I can see it in her eyes. I can see it in the way she walks.

She was going.

She probably thought she was a hindrance or something. Yes, we were in danger, but this necromancer was killing people who had never even seen her. We would be in danger anyways. She didn’t need to leave. She couldn’t leave.

How can I protect her if she’s gone?

I wasn’t the strongest; in fact I was the weakest here. Ston’s magic was exceptional. Regan had her gun at least, and she would die before letting anything get near Casey. Cinder was, well, Cinder. Me? I was weak. Ever since my training with Casey began, I could sense it. I used to think I was powerful for learning on my own, but I can feel my Life Force waver and my will isn’t strong. I’m just weak. I can barely do anything other than basic spells. I don’t even know what my natural element is.

Casey is strong, smart, funny, beautiful, she’s just… she’s Casey. She could do almost anything she wanted, I bet, but not this. Not alone. He was too powerful. She couldn’t do this alone.

Cinder would be going, but he wasn’t enough either. I think he’s still a puppy; he’s growing rapidly like puppies do. He’s not enough.

I can’t let her go.

But wishing didn’t make it so.

I needed a plan.

I spent the entire day watching her. She barely spoke. Regan was beside her, Ston leading the way, and I was behind Regan, Casey, and Cinder. Regan tried talking to her a few times, but I didn’t think Casey even noticed. She was just staring straight ahead, too wrapped up in her thoughts. How could Regan not guess? How could Regan not see what she was going to do?

It made me angry. There was Regan, the one Casey wanted, the one who had the life I wanted, and she didn’t even notice.

Regan, just a normal human who was falling in love with Casey and not being rejected. Regan, the one who had a home, who got to learn, who had a meal every night. Regan, the one who didn’t need to steal. Regan, the one who had Casey, and she didn’t even notice.

I was jealous, of course I was. Who wouldn’t be? I was a mage. The idea made me sick to my stomach. I wouldn’t have taken up Casey’s offer to learn if she had been anyone else. I didn’t know her when she offered, but I couldn’t think of anything else I’d rather do than be around her. She was something I had never experienced. It was more than attraction, it was something different. Like when you walk outside on the first warm day after a bitter, freezing winter.

She was why I even thought about the mage part of me. I was even growing not to despise it. It had come in handy before, healing mostly. And Ston. Ston had powerful magic. I had seen the scars all over his body.

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