Stone Cold Mage by Jamie Hawke

Author:Jamie Hawke [Hawke, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Double Down Press
Published: 2019-07-18T16:00:00+00:00

15

“Do what you did before,” Fatiha said, leading us up.

I paused, though, hand on the wall. “Why do I need to go to the roof to do it?”

She blinked, then nodded. “You can do it from here?”

“More than likely.” I glanced over at Ebrill, who was eyeing me with interest. The words I was about to say could be taken wrong, but I was starting to feel comfortable enough around her that I didn’t have a problem telling her what I was thinking. “Before, when you were close, my powers seemed to surge. Especially when you kissed my cheek.”

“You want me to kiss your cheek before you start?” Ebrill smirked. “I can do that.”

With a purse of my lips, I shook my head. “Maybe we should head back to the room.”

“Jericho!” Fatiha chided, folding her arms. “We’re under attack, I hope you aren’t using this as an opportunity to… well, you know.”

I shook my head, all business. “As dumb as it sounds… I felt a difference.”

“Maybe because of my magical past,” Ebrill offered. She was already walking with me, taking my hand in the process to pull me along. The energy soared, and I gave Fatiha a look of excitement. To my surprise, she appeared bothered. Jealous?

Whatever it was, the moment passed, and she called after us, “I’ll just be… hoping it all works out okay. From the… where should I go?”

“With us,” I said over my shoulder.

Ebrill stopped and turned to me. “Wait, you really are serious. Because I’m pretty sure her being in the room will keep us… at least partially decent.”

I nodded, then started walking again as Fatiha caught up. As much as I would have loved to continue what Ebrill and I had started, this was clearly not the time. That said, her little assumption that we couldn’t do much with Fatiha in the room made my mind wander… and fill with images of the two of us fucking like rabbits while the older woman watched. Fatiha wasn’t so old, anyway. Much older than me, sure, but even with her silver hair, I could easily see her hanging out with my mom, sipping wine and being all proper. If my mom had been into that sort of thing, anyway.

Still, I glanced over at Fatiha and the thought of it gave me the tingles. She was beautiful, in an older, elegant way. When she saw me looking, her eyes narrowed—not in a frown, but in a playful, curious way.

Explosions from outside, along with the walls shaking, reminded me why this wasn’t the time for such thoughts.

I turned back to the door, which we had reached, and held it open for the ladies. As soon as we were in, swirling darkness visible outside the window, Ebrill wasted no time wrapping her arms around me.

“Would it help if she tried, too?” Ebrill asked, glancing over at Fatiha, who had been about to sit but froze mid-way.

My mind instantly went to thoughts of this being a trap, but when she

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