Magic Born by Caethes Faron

Author:Caethes Faron [Faron, Caethes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Branwen Press
Published: 2016-04-09T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

I shed more than a few tears after Alex left. He’d been the one constant through this entire ordeal, and I no longer had his strength to lean on. When I’d cried myself out, I took a nap, determined to clear my mind and get a fresh start. An hour later, I woke with renewed determination and went downstairs.

I found Casper sitting in the living room with his back to me, speaking with a man whose face appeared in an orb that floated at eye level.

“It looks like you have a visitor.” The man nodded to me and then his face disappeared and the orb shrank to the size of a marble.

Casper grabbed the communication orb and put it in his pocket as he stood and faced me. “I was wondering if you’d come back down tonight now that Alex has left us.”

After so much time with Alex, I had feared it would be awkward to be alone with Casper, but he seemed to shine in the absence of competition. The charming, lovable founder of Magical Games, Inc. and the creator of Wizards and Fae stood before me. The only difference between the Casper I knew and the Casper I’d seen in the media was that this one continued to wear the clothing and robes of Elustria. He wore them with authority, as if they were his natural habitat and the custom suits he wore to work were merely a costume.

“I have a lot of work to do. I can’t afford to waste time.”

Casper smiled. “That’s the attitude. You’re so like your mother. Let’s go into the library. I’ve seen you eyeing it.”

Casper took a seat in the throne chair behind the desk, and I curled up with my legs under me on one of the brown leather chairs. The library had a cozy feel lacking in the rest of the building. Sliding wooden doors closed behind us, hiding the room from view with a gesture from Casper.

“I’ll be able to be more open with you now. Don’t mistake me, I liked Alex, but he’s a shifter, and I can’t reveal all the secrets of the mages to him. It would go against the oath of my order.”

“Your order?”

“Yes, I belong to the order of the Dinathion, the same as your mother. It’s an ancient order of mages. I’m a descendant of that bloodline. It’s why I wear these robes: they’re to signify my order. I don’t choose to wear a color that clashes so harshly with my hair.”

The red of his robes did clash in an unattractive manner with his red hair. It only worked because of the confidence with which he wore it. “So there are things you weren’t telling me because Alex was here?”

“There are hundreds of things I didn’t tell you because Alex was here. That’s why you’ve been confined to this small part of the Armory. I’m sure Alex could have been trusted, especially since he seems like the type to stay Earthside, but the habit of keeping mage secrets is too ingrained.

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