Magic Without Mercy by Devon Monk

Author:Devon Monk [Monk, Devon]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction > Urban Fantasy
ISBN: 9780451464484
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2012-04-02T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

I was a little surprised to see Zayvion walking, but he slowly strolled over to a bare part of the wall, where he leaned, his arms crossed over his chest, his head resting against the wall. At least someone had helped him clean up the blood on his face.

“We’re all still on the same side, right?” I asked.

Victor paced through the room, his hand resting on shelves, tables, countertops, taking in all the instruments and devices. “And you ask me why I won’t give Collins back all of his memories. Can you see what he has done with the memories and the skill he currently has? Giving him more of what he once was would be putting deadly weapons into the hands of a madman.”

“This isn’t about Collins,” I said.

“I agree,” Victor said. “This is about protecting the city, protecting the innocent from the ways of magic that will harm them, kill them, cause them pain. Which has always been our vows as members of the Authority. That has everything to do with Collins.”

“I don’t care what you did to him right now. He’s done what I’ve asked him to do, and I’ll cut him a check for it. This”—I opened my hand to indicate the room—“is a terrifying stash of tech to have stockpiled in the middle of the city. And right now, I don’t even care what he was doing with it. All I care about is testing the magic and hoping to hell that information gives us something to go on to save Davy and all those people dying in the hospitals. I will do damn near anything to see that it gets done right now.

“So if you want to talk me out of using all the resources at my disposal,” I said, “including Collins, then you better leave the room. Because so help me, I will call on the devil himself if that’s what it takes to save this town.”

Victor pressed his lips together and considered me, as if calculating how well I had learned a lesson.

I did not have time for school. Or arguments, or men who wouldn’t listen. I turned back to the empty table.

What do you need, Dad? I asked.

I wouldn’t let Victor hurt you, Dad said with the kind of quiet power that gave me chills.

So not what I need to hear from you now. Do not hurt Victor—for that matter, don’t hurt anyone in this room. Understand? Now tell me how to test the magic.

It would be faster if you let me speak through you.

We’d done that before. Still, old habits of not trusting him made me hesitant.

Allison, he said. I promise not to harm your friends.

That wasn’t what I was really worried about.

I didn’t want him to shove me into the back of my brain again and make it so I couldn’t see or feel my body. I didn’t want to be trapped, boxed up, hidden away. I hated small spaces, and hated feeling helpless.

And since he could still

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