Release Of Magic: The Revelations of Oriceran (The Leira Chronicles Book 2) by Martha Carr & Michael Anderle

Author:Martha Carr & Michael Anderle [Carr, Martha]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2017-08-13T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

The ground shook slightly and everyone walking along Michigan Avenue looked up from their phones, mildly surprised, looking back down again to check on Facebook for reports of an earthquake. But a plume of smoke rising from the Pumping Station struck a note of fear. The tourists in particular started walking quickly in the other direction while some turned and held up their phones to record the event. A few turned around to make sure and get a selfie with the smoke in the background, making their best duck faces and holding up the peace sign.

The media descended after the first explosion, bringing their satellite trucks close before the police could arrive to push them back. It helped that it was all happening so close to their studios.

Still, there were others who kept one eye on the old stone building that looked more like a castle but kept on moving down the street anyway, determined not to have their day interrupted. Most of them were locals and native Chicagoans weren’t easily shaken, and some of them had roots that wove their way back to Oriceran. They had seen stranger things in Chi-town under a full moon. Among that crowd there was a general consensus that this too would pass.

Not everyone took it so calmly.

It was Chicago and normally any spate of violence might have taken some time for anyone to notice, but this was the Magnificent Mile, the heart of the Gold Coast. People were up in arms from the first billow of ash, calling their aldermen, demanding they do something. The mayor was informed and there was a brief mention of marshaling the forces.

But then, just like that, there was an explanation. An old gas pipe under the pumping station on Michigan Avenue had exploded. An accident. A fluke. No injuries. The news coverage quickly melted away and regular programming resumed. There were a few grumblings and tweets about how these sorts of things aren’t supposed to happen, and what if someone was hurt. Stores reopened and in the nearby Water Tower, wine was being offered to any shoppers shaken by the interruption to their day.

The Order of the Silver Griffin was using their extensive network of connections to change the story.

They had a guy.

Members of the Order stepped out onto the street and like a chorus of band leaders held up their wands, almost as one and chanted, “Never was, never will be.” The humans on the street froze for a minute or two and when they came to, shook their heads, tried to remember what they were doing, why was their phone in their hand, and let it go. Back to their day.

Other members sat in front of their computer screens, sending out a virus that sought out coverage of the explosion or posts in social media, eating the pixels like a magical Pac-Man and replacing them with cat videos.

Witches and wizards who were going about their day, sitting in meetings, picking up kids, looking at

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