Museum of Magic by Beth Revis

Author:Beth Revis [Revis, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scripturient Books
Published: 2022-12-01T07:00:00+00:00

The Emperor, Transposed

tyranny, dominance, and misused power

Several days later, Emmi was exhausted, tired, and utterly at her wit’s end. They were no closer to finding Grandfather or a Hunter that could lead them to him. They’d spent ages researching, testing, trying…and yet.

Nothing.

Emmi slung the front door of the Museum of Magic open, blinking in the midday light. “I need time to think,” she told Puck, glaring at him, “and you are not helping.”

“So, what, you’re just going to throw me out?” Puck had been leaning against the front desk, but he pushed off it, striding toward her, hands balled in fists, eyes flashing as his temper flared.

“I just need some space!” Emmi threw her arms up. “Go for a walk, something! Five minutes alone, that’s all I’m asking for, jeez!”

“What are you talking about?” Puck’s voice rose as he strode near the door. He gestured to the lawn outside, to the sidewalk. Not many people were out, but a couple of kids licked melting ice cream cones on the bench across the street. An older woman walked her dog, turning the corner. A man crossed the street, carrying a box, heading toward the post office. “I can’t go out there!” Puck’s tone dripped with derision, as if Emmi had asked him to thrown himself into a volcano.

“Why not?” Emmi’s voice rung out loudly.

Puck, however, lowered his. “Hunters could be out there.”

Emmi rolled her eyes so hard it hurt. “Do you see any Hunters?”

“I don’t know, do you?” Puck shot her a pointed glare.

Emmi felt her muscles tense as she turned and scanned the area, calling her sight forward, but she was so distracted by the pretentious way Puck had thrown her words back at her that she wasn’t sure that the fact everything appeared normal was reality or if she’d just not been able to harness her powers better.

“There’s no one out there,” Emmi said, unable to keep the doubt from her voice.

“How sure of that are you?” Puck snarled. “I’ve never see anyone not be able to actually use the powers they were gifted with. Are you really Elspeth Castor’s descendent? She would know.”

Emmi sucked in a harsh breath through her nose. “That’s not fair,” she said in a low voice.

“Whatever, Castor.” Puck shrugged, but his shoulders were still tight.

“You think there’s Hunters out there?” Emmi snarled. “Fine.” She turned to the street. The kids were now openly staring at their argument, ice cream dripping down their arms. “Hey, Hunters!” Emmi shouted at the top of her lungs. “You want him? Come get him!”

She whirled around and grabbed Puck’s arm, yanking him toward the front stoop. Puck dug his heels down, leveraging more strength than Emmi had expected from his slender arms, keeping himself from moving through the door.

“I’ll take him.”

The voice was cool and calm, but it was the assurance in the man’s tone that set Emmi’s spine tingling. She turned slowly, letting Puck go, and saw that the man who’d been carrying the box was not a neighbor or anyone she recognized.

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