Sorcerers of the Nightwing by Geoffrey Huntington

Author:Geoffrey Huntington
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: FICTION/Fantasy/General
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2013-04-17T21:00:00+00:00

“Alexander has always acted strange,” Cecily assured him.

“I know. But there’s something—” Devon searched for the words. “I really believe Jackson Muir is working through him.”

They were in the stable again, propped up against a haystack. Pearlie Mae was behind them, calmly chewing her cud.

“Oh, Devon,” Cecily said. “You know I trust you. You know I believe you. But it just feels crazy, you know. You show up here and suddenly the ghosts of our house take possession of Alexander. Come on. It feels like a movie on Mystery Science Theater. All that’s missing are those little robots in the first row telling us how dumb we’re being.”

“I know it’s hard to believe, Cecily.” He sighed. “But the Voice … I trust it. If it tells me something, I can’t deny it.”

She made a face as if she was still not convinced entirely.

“Look,” he told her. “Once, when I was ten, we had this deaf kid in our class. Sammy Silbernagel. And one day, after class, I just couldn’t stop looking at him. The Voice was telling me something about him, but I couldn’t exactly figure out what. All I could hear was that he was in trouble. That he was going to get hurt.”

Cecily blinked. “So what happened?”

“Nothing.”

“So the Voice was wrong.”

Devon laughed. “No. It was right. Because I followed Sammy out to the playground and kept watching him. He was lost in thought, just walking along towards the street. He walked right out into the path of a bus—and totally didn’t see it coming. I was too far away to catch up with him but I yelled out for the bus to stop. And it did. Sammy just kept on walking, not knowing a thing, but the bus driver was all shook up and came out to tell me that if I hadn’t yelled, he didn’t think he’d have been able to stop in time.”

“You saved Sammy’s life,” she breathed in awe.

“Whatever. The point is the Voice was on target. It’s always been that way. Big things like that, but little things too. Like once when I couldn’t find my dog, Max. The Voice told me where he was.”

“That is so cool,” Cecily said, clearly more persuaded. “Is that why you’re an honors student?”

Devon shook his head. “I tried once passing a history test without studying, thinking the Voice would tell me the answers. I failed miserably.”

“I knew there had to be a catch somewhere.” Cecily smiled. “So why do you think you have this Voice?”

“I don’t know. The Voice, the weird powers—they’re what make me so determined to find out who I am. It has to do with—those things—those creatures—that are always after me. Cecily, that guy at the pizza joint was right. The kid who attacked him did have claws. It was a demon—like the kind I’ve told you about.”

“Get out,” she said, frightened.

“It’s true.”

Devon stood up suddenly. He was angry, but not quite sure why.

“You know what it’s like, Cecily?” he asked. “For all your

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