The Wizard of Sunset Strip (The Wizard of 4th St Book 3) by Simon Hawke

Author:Simon Hawke [Hawke, Simon]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-01-21T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

Eight

“What do you mean there’s more than one of them?” said Wyrdrune.

“There’s more than one necromancer,” Modred said. He glanced at Kira. “Are you all right?”

“Never mind me, I’m fine,” she said. “What do you mean there’s more than one necromancer? Are you saying there are two Dark Ones?”

“There are at least two, and perhaps more,” said Modred.

“How do you know?” said Wyrdrune.

“It’s obvious how he knows,” said Merlin. “His runestone sensed their presence.”

“More than that,” Modred said. “I saw them.”

“You saw them?” Wyrdrune said, his eyes wide. “Where? When?”

“In the alleyway, when Kira was attacked. It was a close call,” he added. “I had a rather narrow escape myself.”

He took off his jacket and they saw that his sleeve was red with blood.

“You’ve been shot!” said Kira.

Modred glanced at her and smiled slightly. “Yes, I know. I’m afraid I caught a bullet when the police officers started shooting. Careless of me. I’d say they overreacted somewhat, wouldn’t you?”

“Let me have a look at that,” said Merlin.

“No need,” said Modred. “The wound is already almost healed.”

He took off his shirt and they saw that he was right. Not only had the wound stopped bleeding, but it had already closed and new skin was quickly forming.

Modred examined the wound thoughtfully. “I’ve always healed more quickly than ordinary humans, but never quite as fast as this.”

“The runestone?” Kira said.

Modred nodded. “Unquestionably. It’s healing me even as we speak.”

It was true. The bullet wound was healing right before their eyes. Merlin looked for an exit wound, but there wasn’t one.

“What about the bullet?” he said with some concern. “It’s not still in there, is it?”

“No, it was expelled,” said Modred, going to the closet to get a fresh shirt. “I’ve never experienced anything like it. The bullet was literally forced out of my body through the entry wound, as if by some sort of telekinesis.” He glanced at Wyrdrune. “As I recall, you also healed very rapidly after our first battle with the Dark Ones. Our symbiosis with the milestones seems to be responsible. They’re using their energy to accelerate our normal healing functions. You know, I’m beginning to think that short of a mortal wound, we can survive almost anything.”

“Perhaps,” said Merlin, “but that’s no reason for becoming careless. Surviving a physical attack is one thing. A magical attack is something else, again. Which brings us back to the essential point of this discussion. How can you be certain that what you saw were Dark Ones? Tell me what happened.”

“At the moment Kira was attacked,” he said, tucking in his shirttails, “I suddenly felt. . . .” He hesitated and then shook his head. “No, it wasn’t a feeling, exactly. It was more like an extremely powerful intuition. I simply knew somehow that Kira was in trouble.”

“I know what you mean,” Wyrdrune said. “I felt it too, right after Billy came to get me in the club. The minute we got outside, I knew Kira was in danger.”

Modred nodded. “Yes, we already know we can call upon the runestones to forge a psychic link between us.

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