A Magical Alliance (Magic City Chronicles Book 2) by TR Cameron & Martha Carr & Michael Anderle

Author:TR Cameron & Martha Carr & Michael Anderle [Cameron, TR & Carr, Martha & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781649714374
Publisher: Lmbpn Publishing
Published: 2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Ruby woke up with only one thought in her mind, that she needed to move fast. Based on what she’d learned two nights prior, much more was going on in Magic City than she’d ever imagined. She’d wanted to see Margrave the day before, but her family had come up with things for her to do at Spirits, and she had no justifiable reason to decline. Now, she was determined to get out of the house before anyone was awake to stop her. Idryll rose as she dressed and asked, “Want me to come along?”

Ruby shook her head. “I don’t think I’m ready to introduce you to Margrave. He’s certainly more than open-minded, but dealing with that in addition to the things I’m going to ask him for might push him right over the edge.”

The tiger-woman yawned, stretched, and burrowed under the covers. “Fine with me. As long as someone brings food. There will be dire consequences if no one brings food.”

Ruby laughed. “Yes, arms getting bitten off. I’ve heard. Matthias is aware you’re in here. I’m sure a dish of meat will arrive before you succumb to starvation.”

“When do you think you’ll introduce me to your family?” The question didn’t carry any irritation or offense, as near as she could tell.

“I don’t know that I will. Certainly not anytime soon, since the damn venamisha magic won’t let me.”

The other woman laughed. “There is that. I’m sure it’s for your protection, somehow.”

“Yeah, getting a little tired of putting up with things that are allegedly for my good, thanks.” She finished dressing in her standard outfit of boots, jeans, and a t-shirt, plus her leather jacket. She circled her arms in a quick move to open a rift, then stepped through to the spot she’d found during her last visit to Vagrant’s Crossing. As she let the magic opening fall closed behind her, she said, “That’s much better than having to drive.” She headed around the corner and crossed the road to her mentor’s house. The animatronics on the lawn waved at her as she passed, bringing a smile to her face that widened as the man himself opened the door. She called, “How did you know I was coming?”

“Surveillance systems. Saw you when you walked out onto my street.” She figured that he also knew her well enough to guess she’d come as early as reasonable after setting up the meet the day before. She followed him downstairs to the basement, and he gestured her toward the same chair she’d occupied on her last visit. The long worktable was empty, and the shelves were far neater than usual.

She asked, “Hosting other visitors?”

He shook his head. “No, I have this feeling that things will be busy for a while, and wanted to be sure everything was in its place.”

“I can totally understand that. I did it at the start of the semester in my lab at school. And every break, now that I think about it. Compared to you though, my work area was chaos.

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