The Librarian: A Remnants of Magic Novel (The Librarian of Alexandria Book 2) by Casey White

Author:Casey White [White, Casey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inkfort Press, LLC
Published: 2021-04-10T22:00:00+00:00

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- Chapter Twenty- Three -

Daniel stared at the phone. His nerves sang, screaming for him to run. To grab the phone and hang up the call. To get out now, before the next thing went wrong.

It’s not surprising, he told himself. Indira would know Olivia defected by now. She’d know Olivia is here, with me.

But even still...a call with Indira wasn’t something he’d been prepared for.

Leon’s hand tightened around his. But Daniel eased back, extricating himself—and rose, wincing. His leg throbbed beneath him. They’d done their job well, though. He could walk. Mostly.

One limping step at a time, he shuffled across the motel room. Olivia’s eyes never left his face, her skin ashen. For a moment when he took the phone, their fingers met.

He turned away, leaning heavily on the bed, and pressed it to his ear.

What the hell did he say? How was he supposed to start this conversation? He hadn’t had the words when Olivia had called him, back at his house, and he didn’t have the words now—but he felt like he had to say something, lest he let Indira run this farce on her own terms.

And so he settled for mimicking Olivia. “...Guildmaster.”

“Librarian,” Indira said. He’d heard her speak many times before, if he stretched his memory, sounding everything from annoyed to ecstatic. He’d never quite heard her sound so defeated before.

He waited. His leg wobbled, on the verge of giving out, but he gritted his teeth and held.

The empty air stretched out longer than he’d thought it would. At last, Indira took a breath.

“It’s not too late,” she said, her voice hushed. Withdrawn. As though she was holding back tears. “I didn’t want it to come to this. I wanted...It doesn’t matter anymore.” Her words dipped on the last, growing quieter. “This is where we’re at. But we don’t have to stay here. Cooperate. Please. If you’ll see me, hear me out, we can-”

“Cooperate?” Daniel snapped. His fingers clenched around the phone. “We’re a bit beyond that, guildmaster. You want me to give up and come meekly along?”

He laughed hollowly, shaking his head. His leg wasn’t hurting anymore—or he couldn’t feel it, with adrenaline pumping through his veins. His hands quivered. “You involved innocents, Indira. How dare you?”

“I did only what-”

“You worked as guildmaster for the good of all. That was your job.” Daniel’s teeth locked together, his jaw tense as images flashed through his mind. Of a blonde man, and a young woman beside him, her eyes filled with tears. Her. “You were here to help people learn.”

“Yes, and-”

“But from the goddamn minute I started working with you, it’s been nothing but one lie after another. And now you’re hurting people? It’s all games.” Daniel sucked down a lungful of air, forcing himself to pause for a moment. To settle. “Alexandria is not your pawn. And for you to attack others? To threaten their lives for your own gain?”

The line went very, very quiet. The others were all staring at him, as silent as the phone.

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