Trace of Magic: 1 (The Diamond City Magic Novels) by Diana Pharaoh Francis

Author:Diana Pharaoh Francis [Francis, Diana Pharaoh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781611944952
Publisher: BelleBooks, Inc.
Published: 2014-08-29T00:00:00+00:00

“This place got anything to eat?”

He went to the dresser where he’d left his bag and pulled out one of the protein bars. He tossed it to me. “Here.”

Beggars can’t be choosers. It actually wasn’t all that bad. It had chocolate and fruit and nuts, along with whatever healthy crap that accidentally fell into it. Didn’t do much for my taste buds, but I felt better. The remnants of my shakiness evaporated with the addition of calories.

I tossed the wrapper on the nightstand. “What time is it?”

“Somewhere around two o’clock. The next storm starts moving in tomorrow.”

“What next?”

“We need to get inside those apartments and talk to Shana Darlington.”

“How do you propose we do that?” Sounded about as easy as getting into the White House.

“I know a dreamer. She’ll get us by the guards. We’ll use nulls to kill any security. We get in and out before anyone realizes we were ever there.”

A simple plan. It could even work, though it depended on a whole lot of ifs. Neither of us had any real idea what the magical security was like. Getting past could easily be more than we could handle. “Can you trust this dreamer? Is she any good?”

“One of the best I’ve ever met. Once bought, she stays bought.”

“So she’s a freelancer?” I asked doubtfully, envy spiraling through me. “If she’s so good, how come she doesn’t belong to the Tyet?”

“Cass isn’t—” He smiled a crocodile smile. “You don’t want to mess with a dreamer like her. She can send you to hell in your mind. She’s very, very inventive.”

And here I thought I was the only unicorn in the city. “I’m surprised they didn’t kill her, since they couldn’t control her.”

He shook his head. “She’s too good. And like I said, she can be bought. Not everybody is owned by the Tyet. It doesn’t hurt she can protect herself. Plus she has powerful friends.”

Could I do the same thing? I tucked the impossible notion away to consider later.

“How will she make a connection to the guards? She’ll have to touch them. There’s no way she can get close enough. She’ll get shot first.”

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