Wander-A Night Warden Novel by Orlando A. Sanchez

Author:Orlando A. Sanchez [Sanchez, Orlando A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bitten Peaches Publishing
Published: 2018-01-07T23:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-TWO

“HELLO, GREY.” HE steepled his fingers as he looked at me. “Where is it?”

I narrowed my eyes at him and saw he had shifted recently. I was older, by about a century, but he could cast. I’d say things were about even if it came to a confrontation. Last time I fought a battle mage, we leveled a city block. In my defense, the battle mage started it—I just finished it.

“Blow up any buildings lately?” I pointed to my duster. “It’s over there, inside pocket.”

He gave a short nod, ignored my comment, and brought my coat to the bed. He was doing the serious, conscientious magic-user routine, and it was aggravating me. He was dressed in his usual suit. What was it with some mages and suits? His hair was all over the place and he looked like a Einstein on a bad hair day.

“Have you ever heard of hair gel?” I motioned around my head. “You don’t even need magic for it to work.”

“When I sent that sword to Hades, I didn’t expect him to give it to a dark mage.” He reached into the pocket and pulled out the sword. “I certainly didn’t expect that dark mage to be you.”

“You sent him that sword?” I couldn’t hide my surprise. “Where did you get it?”

“It’s complicated.” He narrowed his eyes as he held the sword and shook his head. “Bloody hell, you’re practically bonded to it.”

I nodded. “She likes me.” I crossed my hands behind my head. “We may even move in together.”

He drew the black blade, and the red runes along its length pulsed with power. “If this is anything like Simon’s Ebonsoul, all it needs now is—”

“Blood,” I finished. “It keeps reminding me.”

“It communicates with you?”

“She does, yes.”

“She?”

“Female voice. Goes by the name of Izanami.”

“Izanami?” he said and rubbed his chin—that always annoyed the hell out of me. “The goddess of creation and death?”

“Is there another Izanami?”

“Do you understand the ramifications of this?” He ignored my gibe, using his best professor-lecture-hall voice. “What were you thinking?”

“Are you trying to tell me this is a bad idea?” I answered. “Because we’ve raced past bad idea and entered into full-blown nightmare.”

“Grey, you unleashed an entropic wave in the middle of the city.” He placed the sword down on the bed. “The only thing that saved your partner was that she had the presence of mind to enclose herself in your vehicle.”

“Shit, how bad is it?”

“You heard Roxanne—6th Avenue is a war zone, complete with a huge crater in the center of 42nd Street. What the bloody hell happened?”

“I don’t know.” I shifted in the bed. “Most of it is hazy. I cut down some ogres, fast ones, and it siphoned power into me—a lot of power.”

“More than you could handle,” he said quietly.

He narrowed his eyes at me and I sensed the quiet menace. Then it dawned on me. “You’re here to assess if I’m a threat.” I cocked my head to one side. “You think you can ghost me?”

“I’d rather not have to find out.

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