Magis by Sam Cheever

Author:Sam Cheever [Cheever, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Electric Prose Publications

To my shock, as we ran toward home, Art reached inside his boring cotton shirt and pulled out a blade. The thing was about eighteen inches long and gleamed in the soft light of the moon high above.

I’d never seen my brother use a weapon before. I filed that away to ask him about later. I wasn’t sure how I felt about my pole-up-the-posterior brother as a knife-wielding defender, but for the moment, I was glad of it.

I opened my senses to the residual magic in the air around us and felt Art’s meager energy, automatically sifting it out of the mix as I embraced a variety of energies that included some of Della’s fairy magic, a mix of other powers bleeding from the surrounding homes, and, as we came within a block of Victoria, a welcome rush of my home energy, waiting for me to accept it.

I yanked the power to me, letting it bleed from my fingers in a thick stream and form into a sword, long and deadly, its blade honed by focused intent.

The blade glowed silver as I lifted it, my hand wrapped securely around a hilt that had been created to fit my specific handprint.

I realized as we closed the distance that a small form stood in the street, facing the monster. I sucked in a shocked gasp at the sight of Sissy holding two miniature thunderclouds of magic in her hands, legs set apart and gaze locked with determination on her foe.

The lizard thing had reared up, standing on its back legs with the steadiness of a creature that was used to standing that way. Though its thick legs were bent and its back slightly bowed, it towered several feet above the small witch, making her look tiny in comparison to its height and bulk.

I dared a quick glance toward the spot where I’d seen Hawk go down and he was still there, an unmoving shape in the trampled grass

Nicht was starting to move, his enormous paws twitching helplessly against the ground.

Tears stung my eyes. I blinked them away as rage scoured through me, burning emotion back until I had the luxury of safety to expel it.

“I’ll circle around behind it,” Art said quietly.

I inclined my chin, my gaze locked on Sis. As soon as she hit the monster with the energy bubbling at her fingertips, I wanted to strike it with my blade. The thing was huge, and apparently powerful since it had taken down both Hawk and his hellhound. Our only shot at besting it was if we combined power.

“Sis,” I said softly, my nearly silent voice gliding toward her on a gentle push of power.

She gave me a terse nod without looking away from the thing looming over her. “On three,” she responded just as softly.

“One,” I said, lifting the blade over my head.

“Two,” Sis said.

“Three!” I screamed, sending power into my voice that threaded through the space between me and the lizard thing.

“Die!” Sis screamed, her voice throbbing with magical energy.

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