The Mage Tales, Books I-III by Waters Ilana

Author:Waters, Ilana [Waters, Ilana]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2016-01-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Less than an hour later, we were all gathered around the card table in Titus and Abigail’s suite, Arthur included. Pool tables, card tables—I was beginning to see a gaming theme to the evening. But this game with Ferox was one we had to win. You could almost say our lives depended on it.

We told Arthur everything that happened. After several minutes, during which his eyes grew wide and his jaw dropped, we finally recounted the entire tale and its repercussions.

“Bloody hell,” he murmured, sipping his drink. “Seems you’ve had quite a productive evening.”

“Yes, and now we need to continue doing so.” Titus tapped his index finger firmly on the table. “Otherwise, it seems there is a high probability of Ferox actually carrying out this hostile takeover of his.”

“Do I even want to suggest contacting the Council?” I asked.

Titus gave me a look of utter exasperation. “Are you failing to remember what they told us earlier? When they ambushed us just before we reached Ferox’s lair?”

I did remember. The High Council, a governing body of thirteen witches, had tried to convince me to drop my investigation regarding the crystal. Apparently, they were under the impression that Titus and I were trying to resurrect Ferox, an idea that would be laughable if it weren’t completely stupid.

But that hadn’t stopped them from magically thrashing me in the PIA’s basement, sending one Council member to kill me, and confronting Titus and me just before we reached Ferox. That last act was the ambush my father had just mentioned.

It almost got ugly when Titus and I refused to acquiesce and give up our search. Then things took a strange turn. Out of the blue, the head of the Council, Lord Ashcroft, received a call on his cell phone. He whisked the other Council members away, but not before issuing a final warning that bringing back Ferox would result in dire consequences for us. Titus and I had no idea what the content of the phone call was, but it must have been important if preventing Ferox from rising came second.

“I know they were convinced we were trying to help Ferox rise again—” I started.

“And what makes you think they’ll be less convinced now that he’s succeeded?” asked Titus. “Or do you really believe they’ll see our involvement and Ferox’s resurrection as a coincidence?”

“I have to agree with Aurelius,” Arthur said. “Let’s say you did request aid from the Council. They abandoned their previous quest to stop Ferox on the basis of a mere phone call, and they view you both as untrustworthy misfits. With that in mind, any attempts to enlist their help would likely prove futile. No offense intended on the misfit part,” he added.

“None taken,” I said with a shrug. The Council didn’t like Titus because he was a witch turned vampire. They didn’t like me because I was the son of one, which should have been impossible. To them, we were more than misfits: we were abominations.

“I wouldn’t bother either,” said George.

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