Blood Ring by Jonathan Moeller
Author:Jonathan Moeller [Moeller, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B07G671GWX
Publisher: Azure Flame Media
Published: 2018-08-03T05:00:00+00:00
Chapter 7: Complications
Nadia tensed, and Caina saw the faint glow as Nadia started to draw power for a spell.
âNo, no, donât,â said Caina, grabbing Nadiaâs shoulder. âDonât look at them. Talk to me about an office or business or something.â
Nadia blinked and then nodded. âUh, the documents came in while we were gone, and the next staff meeting will have to be about revising the updated...â
An impressive flow of business-speak came from Nadia. Caina nodded and looked thoughtful and solemn but turned her attention to Sulzer as the Congressman approached. He was wearing an expensive business suit that failed to conceal his paunch and was walking in a hurry. Next to him glided a tall, elegant woman in a white dress and jacket. Her expression was serene and aloof, and her blond hair glinted in the sunlight.
Her appearance was attractive, but it was also fake.
Because it was the product of a Mask spell. Whoever the woman really was, she was using a Mask spell to conceal her appearance.
Behind Sulzer and the woman walked a half-dozen men in suits, their expressions blank, their eyes hidden behind wrap-around sunglasses. They had the tough look of bodyguards, competent ones, and their strides were fluid and quickâ¦
Two details hit Cainaâs mind hard.
First, the men werenât actually breathing.
Second, a powerful aura of necromantic magic surrounded them.
The half-dozen men were undead. She had encountered undead like this several times before, and Caina knew firsthand how fast and strong such creatures were. Caina braced herself as she nodded to Nadiaâs speech, preparing to summon her valikon. How had Sulzer known they were there? Had he used magic to locate them? No tracking spell would have worked on Caina, but it might have worked on Nadia. Likely Nadiaâs presence had triggered the attack from the specters near the Cattlemanâs Pride.
Sulzer and his party walked past Caina and Nadia without a sideways glance. They climbed the stairs to the bank and disappeared through the glass doors.
âOf course,â muttered Nadia. âHeâs not here about us. Heâs here to pick up his damned book.â
âDamn it,â said Caina. âWe had him. All we had to do was to call in that safe deposit box, and he would have been done.â
âThat woman with him,â said Nadia. âShe has a Masking spell, didnât she? I could feel it when she went past.â
âYeah,â said Caina. âAnd his bodyguards...â
âUndead, all of them,â said Nadia, gazing at the bank doors. Caina nodded. âIâve fought things like that a couple times before. Even been bitten by one once.â
Caina grimaced. âBitten?â
âIt wasnât pleasant,â said Nadia. âBut weâre not beaten yet, are we?â
âNo,â said Caina, thinking it through. âNo, weâre not. Almost certainly Sulzerâs here to take the book. When he does, weâll follow him. If he has a secret location for practicing necromancy somewhere in the city, heâs taking the book there. Once we know the location, we can spy on him some more.â
âGood idea,â said Nadia. âLetâs follow him...â
âWait!â said Caina. âWe canât just walk into the bank lobby.
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