The Mystic Saga Omnibus (Books 1 - 5) by Scott McElhaney

Author:Scott McElhaney [McElhaney, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Superluminal
Published: 2014-01-07T05:00:00+00:00

Five

As the infrequent vehicles continued to drone by, it became more and more evident to Braxton and Diana that their affections were a bit indiscrete. It may have been late at night, but anyone who happened to glance up at them in the crevice beneath the bridge would not require a lot of imagination to transform what they saw into something it wasn’t.

“You’re a very brave woman, Diana,” he grinned, drawing back from her, “It hasn’t been easy for me to keep from electrocuting you.”

“I must say,” she replied, turning to see a vehicle slowing down as it passed, “I was wondering how you were doing with that.”

The vehicle started backing up, then a light came on at the side. The beam spotlighted the ground, then shone along the sidewalk and finally aimed at the two of them. Although they could no longer see much beyond the blinding glare of the spotlight, they could hear the sound of a door opening and closing.

“Hey, up there. What’s going on?” the male voice called.

Diana held her hand, shading her eyes from the intense light.

“The storm took us by surprise, so we figured we’d hang out here until it passes,” Diana said.

The man had walked up the hill and was now standing in view of them. He was wearing a uniform of some sort with markings on it similar to those of The Guard on the Blaze Continent.

“I thought you were a couple of kids from the high school. They’ve been known to tip a few drinks up here from time to time,” he said, “Where were you headed when the storm came, ‘cause I have to admit, this isn’t going to pass us by for a while from what I hear.”

“We were…” Braxton began, drawing the folded sheet of paper out of his pocket and opening it up, “We were headed to the Lynn Theater.”

Their first target was listed as working at the theater in this city. The man was staring curiously at Braxton’s paper, so he quickly folded it and returned it to his pocket.

“The Lynn? That’s clear on the other side of town and I’m fairly certain their last showing was around nine or ten,” the man said, “What are the gloves for?”

Braxton realized then that it wasn’t the paper that brought a curious glance from the man, but rather his hands holding the paper. Diana reached out and took a hold of Braxton’s hand.

“Burns,” she said by way of explanation, “He was caught in a fire and it damaged a lot of his skin.”

The man continued looking curiously at both of them. Braxton was beginning to wonder if the man was simply born with a natural accusatory expression since he somehow had a way of making them feel they should be guilty of something. Finally the man nodded.

“You his mother?” he asked.

“What are-” Braxton started.

“Yes I am,” she said, squeezing his hand in hers, “And I think I should be getting him home now.”

He nodded again, then stepped back as he watched them rise from the ground.

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