Magic Freed by Alexes Razevich

Author:Alexes Razevich [Razevich, Alexes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Razor Street Publisher
Published: 2019-11-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Winter squash and pumpkin vines were beginning to spread over the fields behind the Home. Rows of various kinds of lettuce poked their green, yellow, or red leaves from the brown earth near more rows of new broccoli, cauliflower, and other cold weather crops. So many hours, days, years of my life had been spent in these fields.

No one worked in them now. Mother or one of her minions must have herded everyone inside when we first came up the walkway.

I spotted the place where Seph, Turner, Will, Jack, and I had broken through the bubble. The place where my new life began. It didn’t look any different from any other spot where the edge of the bubble met the ground, but I knew exactly where it was. Maybe one day I’d come set up a plaque there or something.

Off to the side of the kitchen garden was a large, wood tool shed hand built by an earlier crop of ‘residents’ here. It seemed like the kind of place Mother would choose to hide in. I walked toward it, my companions following, and yanked the door open. Mother, to her credit I thought, stood strong and tall, her hands set defiantly on her hips when she saw us. She blanched, though, when she took a good look and immediately dipped her head in the proper show of subservience.

Somehow, I’d expected her to look different, though it had only been a few months since I’d last seen her. She looked exactly the same. Wore the same grey blouse and gray pants as always. Her hair was pulled into the same severe bun at the back of her head she’d worn for as long as I’d known her.

What was new was the look of fear in her eyes.

“How may I be of service?” Mother said, her voice cracking.

Stella held off speaking a long moment. A slight sheen of sweat gave Mother’s face an unnatural glow.

"It has come to our attention,” Stella said, “that you have been lax. Several of your charges have disappeared, and yet their disappearance wasn’t reported. As no lost magicals have been reported in the bubble, we must conclude that some misfortune befell them. Some misfortune for which you, as their caretaker, are responsible. This will not be tolerated. Your license is immediately revoked. Round up the residents. They will be taken to another facility. One where the keepers know how to do their jobs properly."

Mother stared but still didn’t speak. Her hands shook slightly. The sweat that had glazed her skin grew to droplets that rolled slowly down her face.

“Didn’t you hear me?” Stella barked. “Immediately. Our colleagues will follow shortly to arrest you. The grounds will be searched for bodies.”

Mother’s shoulders began to tremble, but she steadied her voice and called to her minions, who had followed us to the shed, “Do as they say. Gather the children.”

I couldn’t help myself. I spat at her feet. It felt good.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.