Wizard Unleashed by Jamie McFarlane

Author:Jamie McFarlane [McFarlane, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Gaeland

I awoke to the smell of bacon. My headache had faded to a dull roar, but my heart was racing. I’d dreamed of Missy being carried off by the dragon and dumped into a gleaming white palace, guarded by horrible looking humanoid creatures. The dragon had presented Missy to the beautiful, olive-skinned woman dressed in blue and golden robes whom I now recognized as Adajania. The woman had directed her guard to take Missy away. My dreams often lacked details, but the major theme was clear: Missy had been taken captive.

"That smells good,” I said, opening my eyes. Flick stood rigidly next to the bed, holding a white, wooden platter with an array of breakfast foods: scrambled eggs, bacon, three slices of ham and a glass of orange juice. The tray shook slightly in his hands as he stood still.

I became aware of a second presence in the room. A woman. In the room’s only chair, dressed entirely in black, one narrow leg crossed over the other, with the top leg swinging impatiently, sat my mother. I pushed my hands against the mattress and lifted myself to sit against the headboard.

"How far has the stone spread, Felix?" she asked.

The sound of silverware rattling against glass drew my attention. Flick's arms were trembling. The coffee and juice both sloshed from their vessels.

"What's wrong, Flick?" I asked, taking the tray from him.

He shook his head back and forth once, eyes locked on my own.

"Answer my question, Felix," Mom pushed, her voice precise and cold. She was angry, but holding it in. I looked back to her. She was as I remembered - long black hair and a fine-featured face. She wore knee-high black leather boots that poked out from beneath a non-descript, mid-calf skirt.

I pulled open the loose shirt I had no recollection of putting on. The stone had worked itself into the middle of my chest and reached the base of my neck. "Damn," I swore quietly. "Coffee?" I plucked the half empty cup of coffee off the tray and held it out to her.

"The stone infection will kill you."

"What can I do?"

"It is irreversible," she said. "You must stop using your magic. The spell is leaching energy when you cast."

"That's it?" I asked. "Your answer is for me to stop being a wizard?"

"Well, no," she hedged. "That will just slow it down. A wizard's body always uses magic; it's part of who you are. I'd say you have less than a week. Substantially less time if you continue to burn demons."

"I haven't had many choices lately," I said.

"You did last night," she said. "You had no reason to dispatch Neferante."

"He planned to kill Flick, but only after torturing him," I said. "I wasn't just going to sit by and watch."

"Flick? The worthless Peutering who can't keep from spilling your coffee and is blocking my view?" she asked. "Torturing whelpings is considered sport for demons, especially Ghrelin. This isn't Earth, Felix. Your morality isn't welcome here."

Flick's eyes widened at the mention of his name and his knees shook.

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