Rising Magic by Tara Lain

Author:Tara Lain [Lain, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-369-0
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-11-19T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

“JAZZ? JAZZ, what’s wrong?”

Jazz shook his head. “Weird. I felt like Dash was here. In this room. Like he was calling me.” He flopped back on the rug Lindsey had so carefully selected for Jazz and Carla’s apartment. He tried to catch his breath.

BeBop grabbed a slice of pizza from one of the two boxes spread out on their coffee table. After chewing a huge bite, he said, “Let’s synopsize, shall we?” He held up a finger, licked the pizza oil from it then held it up again. “Jazz has managed to break into Arcantaria. He now knows the secret abracadabra spell to get in there. He also knows there’s another magic portal at least one mage has disappeared into that doesn’t use the same magic spell to get in. So Jazz was presumably in the same place as Dash earlier today, and then he comes home and feels like Dash is here with him.” He grinned. “How am I doing so far?” He chomped another big bite of pizza.

“You’re doing fine.” Jazz sat up and sipped his vanilla cola. The cold and the sweet hit his light-headedness and sugar-rushed him right back to consciousness. “One of the things I didn’t get to tell you yet was I overheard a conversation where they were talking about somebody who had a lot of powers, but they had to be sure he was—” Jazz made air quotes. “—on their side.”

Dij said, “Why is that significant, Jazz?”

“I’m not sure it is, but we know Dash is pretty powerful. I don’t know enough mages to get how different he is from the average, but—”

Carla made a loud snorting sound. “Come on, get actual. We know Dash is special in any group or company. So hell yeah, he could be the one they’re talking about.”

“I agree. And the rest of the discussion makes it clear that everyone in Arcantaria isn’t on the same side, whatever that means. Honestly, that worries me.”

Dij again said, “Why?”

“Where would be a better place to find talented wizards for some kind of weirdass scheme?”

“What else?” BeBop was chewing his fourth piece of pizza.

“What do you mean, BeBop?” Carla cocked her head.

“Jazz said that was one of the things he hadn’t told us. I want to know what else?”

Jazz gave BeBop a tight smile. “Smartass. You’re right. So when I was trying to get out of Arcantaria, having gotten in by accident, I got caught by this woman. She asked me what was I doing there. I couldn’t think of anything to say except that I was delivering a message to the professor.”

Carla said, “Whoa.” She fanned herself with her hand.

“Fortunately, she said ‘Professor Hillebrand?’ And I said yes.”

“Who’s that?” BeBop asked.

“No idea, but I agreed. And get this. Then she asked me who I was bringing the message from.”

“Holy crap.” Carla rocked back.

“I grasped at vapor and said I wasn’t authorized to tell anyone but the professor.”

“Good one.” BeBop laughed.

“But then she looks at me real serious and says, ‘Olympus.

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