Malignant Magic by SA Magnusson

Author:SA Magnusson [Magnusson, SA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2018-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

11

When we returned, I entered the condo to find everyone sitting in the kitchen, a somber sort of silence hanging over everything. Gran and Gramps both gripped a glass of wine, but it didn’t look as if they had drunk any of it. Aron sat with his back to the wall, his entire body tense. Only John remained somewhat at ease, but I didn’t know how much of that was from the injury and his inability to shift and use his magic and how much of that was because he truly was relaxed. He didn’t share the others’ concern for me and my sudden disappearance.

Jen stopped at the kitchen counter, grabbed a bottle of wine, and headed back to the living room. “Good luck with this.” She looked down at Lucy, who sauntered across the floor, and scooped her up, stroking the fur on her back. “Maybe the two of us should go out and have a little drink. I’m sure we can find something entertaining on TV at this time of night.”

When Jen was gone, Gran looked over at me with the dark expression in her eyes I recognized from times when I’d been in trouble as a child. “Where have you been? And why did you bring her with you?”

“First of all, Jen is my friend. And second, I’m an adult so I don’t really need to answer to you.”

There wasn’t much that I had to say, anyway. My visit with the Dark Council hadn’t gone as I had hoped, and after leaving Barden, I had no assurances they would even help. I had nothing, not even a confirmation of what I had asked.

“Katie, we’re just concerned about you. Where did you go?” Gramps touched Gran’s shoulder, but she shook him off.

“I went to meet with Barden.”

I looked over at Aron, making a point of ignoring Gran and Gramps. I could deal with them, though I knew there would be some issues. It was Aron who I worried about the most. He would be angry at the fact that I had gone to Barden without him, and there was a part of me that still wondered if I should have asked him to accompany me. He might’ve disagreed, but I had a hard time thinking Aron would have come had I asked.

“Why?” Gran asked.

She was the highest-ranking mage, and since she sat on the council, I understood why Aron wouldn’t say anything, but to me, she was still just my grandmother.

“If we intend to go help Ariel,” I started, looking over at John and wishing he would say something—anything—but he remained silent, “we need more than the five of us.”

“You thought bringing the Dark Council into this would somehow make your plan better?” Gran asked.

“I thought there was a truce between the councils.”

“There’s a truce, but that doesn’t mean we can work with them,” Gran said.

“Actually, that’s why I thought you could.” Was now the time to share with them my belief that they had a connection to

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