Magician's Fire by Simon Nicholson

Magician's Fire by Simon Nicholson

Author:Simon Nicholson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2014-07-24T16:00:00+00:00


Chapter 13

Harry had only glimpsed his observer. But the observer himself had seen Harry plainly. Even now, as he stepped back up to the window, he continued to study the boy who, for some reason, was teetering on a rope stretched between two buildings, nearly ten stories up in the air.

About eleven years old. A street boy, from the look of him. A shoeshiner, given certain dark blotches on his clothes and face which the observer had spotted, even at this distance.

The man stood at the window. His suit was elegantly tailored, its cloth cream. Neatly manicured fingers rested on the polished windowsill, then rose to fetch a pen and a small leather notebook from their owner’s pockets.

The boy had regained his balance. For the second time, he had nearly fallen, but his quick, nimble body had righted itself, and he was wobbling onward, making his way once more along the quivering rope. The man observed this and made a quick sketch of the two buildings and the rope. Next to it, the pen dotted out several lines of complicated numerical code, along with another symbol, a very curious one indeed.

At first, it was just a circle. But the steel nib shaded inside it, until it was black with ink. Further up the pen’s length, a finger twitched, flicking a tiny button. A hiss, as white mist leaked out of the pen’s nib. The mist thickened and drifted away.

Burned into the black circle, the white shape of a bird.

The boy had gone now. Only the rope remained. But the notes had been made. The man closed the leather book, revealing on its cover another white bird shape. He slid it back into his pocket with the pen.

One hand waved, dispersing any lingering traces of mist. Another lifted a telephone from the desk and dialed a number.

The telephone’s earpiece buzzed. A voice in a language that wasn’t English muttered through the crackles.

“It is possible,” the man said, “that we have discovered a candidate.”



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