The Inquisitor's Apprentice (ARC) by Chris Moriarty

Author:Chris Moriarty [Moriarty, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2011-07-18T19:15:31+00:00

she told Wolf when she brought them back. She appeared to hesitate, although the hesitation was so brief that Sacha wondered if he’d imagined it. “You needn’t bring them. they can come by themselves.”

“But how will we find you?” Lily asked.

“Don’t worry,” Shen told her with a little smile. “people can always find me when they need me. and when they can’t, it usually turns out that they didn’t really need me in the first place.”

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before she could ask another question, Wolf was herding them back down the long corridor— while he lingered behind to say a frustratingly private goodbye to Shen.

“Wow!” Sacha whispered to Lily while they waited. “She’s something, isn’t she?”

“I’ll say!” Lily’s eyes were shining. “I’ll bet she’s a kung fu master. She’s probably even a Shaolin Monk, just like the ones in Sword for Hire and Exotic Adventures.”

Sacha was about to ask Lily if she did anything at all in her spare time but read pulp magazines when Wolf caught up with them.

“that went well,” he said. “I think you two made a good impression.”

Lily started to ask a question, but Wolf waved it away.

“Come on. You two have had a rough day; I’m going to send you home early.”

he marched them across the courtyard to the little blue door through which they’d first entered Shen’s domain.

But when he opened the door, Sacha and Lily both gasped.

Instead of the courtyard with the mulberry tree and the white mice, they were looking at an uptown street— Seventy- second Street, to be precise, just at the corner of Fifth avenue, next to the astral mansion.

“But— but— that’s magic! ” Lily protested.

“Inquisitors are law enforcement officers, Lily. Our job is to prevent people with magical abilities from misusing them. Don’t you think that would be rather difficult to do if we couldn’t use magic ourselves?”

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Lily looked horrified. Clearly she had never thought of this before.

“Do you have a problem with magic, Lily? Some kind of phobia? If so, you won’t make a very good Inquisitor.”

“I— no— I mean— ” Lily’s face was practically scarlet, though Sacha couldn’t tell if it was with embarrassment or anger. “But if Inquisitors are allowed to use magic, then who prevents them from abusing magic?”

“that is an excellent question,” Wolf replied, “and I wish I knew the answer to it. now, go home. and apologize to your charming mother for the scraped knuckles or she’ll be calling up Commissioner Keegan to complain about me.”

Lily opened her mouth to ask another question. then she gave a little shrug and turned to go. But just as she was about to step through the door, she turned back and walked over to Sacha and held out a hand for him to shake.

he took her hand, feeling silly and awkward. She didn’t seem to notice his awkwardness, though; her grip was as firm and no- nonsense as her clear- eyed gaze.

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