Stone Cold: A Broken Magic Novel by Devon Monk

Author:Devon Monk [Monk, Devon]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Fantasy, Urban, Fiction, Science Fiction, General
ISBN: 9781101608883
Google: GYPwAAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00N4H9LLU
Goodreads: 17932600
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2014-04-01T18:04:13+00:00

Chapter 19

SHAME

“What the—? No,” Dash said. “Shame, don’t listen to him.”

“Killing Terric seems to be what we’re trying to avoid here, Cody,” I said quietly.

“You died,” he said. “You came back.”

“I have Death magic riding shotgun in my noggin.”

“And Terric has Life magic,” Cody said. “Dying shouldn’t be more than a pause in living for him.”

“No,” Dash said again. “No one kills Terric. I can’t even believe I have to say that. Listen, Shame, here’s what we’re going to do. You are going to cast Illusion on the house and car. We’ll get a doctor out here. For Terric and Davy. Understand me? We’ll get them stable. No more killing.”

“Stable,” I said, still looking at Cody. “Then what, Dash?”

“We’ll build that bridge when we get to it. Can you access enough magic to cast Illusion?”

Cody clearly wasn’t a fan of Dash’s plan. But he shrugged, letting me make the decision.

What I decided was to placate Dash. A deathless plan sounded like a good, reasonable starting point.

“I can access the magic,” I said.

Even though the Soul Complement bond between us didn’t seem to be working, Terric wasn’t dead yet. That meant I still had superior abilities with magic. But if he kicked off . . . well, when . . . I’d be of no use to anyone except as a killing thing.

I was pretty sure if Terric died, I’d go completely, gloriously insane.

So basically, they’d want to end me pretty quick.

“Good,” Dash said, sounding a little more comfortable with the conversation now that it wasn’t about dumping Terric in an early grave. “Cast it. I’m going out this door to talk to Davy. I will be right back in. And if you lay a hand on him, Shame . . .”

“You’ll spend your life making me regret it, second by second.” I gave him a small smile. “I heard you, mate. I’m still in here.”

He glanced over at Cody, at Terric, then walked past me and down the hall.

“I’m not wrong,” Cody said. “About Terric.”

“About me turning him off and then on again?” I shook my head. “I don’t think so, Cody. I can’t bring him back, and I don’t know that he’ll want to leave death for me.”

“You left it for him, didn’t you?”

“Yes.” And if I did kill him, and did it wrong, I most certainly didn’t want the ghost of him tied to me. I wasn’t dealing well with the two ghosts I was currently failing.

“Soul Complements,” Cody said as if that explained everything. “If you kill him, he’ll come back. Should come back.”

“You don’t know that. You can’t guarantee that. You’re guessing your way through this just like the rest of us.”

“Sure, but it’s a good guess. A strong bet.” He took a few steps away from the bed and sat on the dresser. “I carried magic for a while, remember? I have a good feel for these things.”

“Terric and me, the magic we carry, isn’t a part of what you did with magic.”

“Now, that’s not true.

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