The Demon and the Fox by Tim Susman

Author:Tim Susman [Susman, Tim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781949305012
Publisher: 24 Carat Books

As it happened, Kip did not have to wait until Christmas to hear word from his friends. One week later, as he was poring over one of Cott’s fire books by the light of a fire he was maintaining, a fluttering caught his ear, and he turned just in time to catch a piece of parchment as it fell toward his fire. Even before he unfolded it, he recognized Emily’s scent, and he sat up straighter, holding it close to the fire so he could read:

Dear Kip,

Coppy wanted to tell you that he received your letter, and we have all wanted to tell you that we miss you. I am learning with Master Argent to send objects to people I know, and if this goes well I may soon send myself. “Soon” means in a few months, of course, as I’ve only just started translocating myself, but Argent says we will be focusing on translocation at the cost of the rest of my sorceric education, so who knows? It may be sooner. Coppy expects we will see you for Christmas anyway. Perhaps “hopes” is a better word than “expects”; he misses you most of any of us, though he would never say it. He spends a great deal of time with Neddy, who may not understand everything in our world but is an excellent listener nonetheless. I trust you are learning some world-changing sorcery there in London and having a high old time, and we’re all anxious to hear about your adventures when you return.

If you receive this letter, please do send a reply by the same means and at least then we will know that we have a reliable way to communicate. If you could learn a translocation spell yourself, things would be easier still, but I suspect you are more focused on burning things, as Coppy is on marbles and Malcolm is on shutting doors.

All the best from your classmates here and from Neddy.

Emily

He read through the letter twice. There was nothing in it about John Quincy Adams; but then, he wouldn’t expect there to be, not in a letter that might end up anywhere. The only hint was “world-changing” sorcery, which might easily be read as a remark on a Calatian learning sorcery, but which Kip felt had a double meaning. Nor was there a mention of Farley or Victor, and that was either because they weren’t interfering with Kip’s friends—unlikely—or because Emily didn’t want to worry Kip.

Whatever the reason, the letter seemed to be an olive branch to Kip after their political disagreement, though he couldn’t imagine the argument wouldn’t resume when they met in person. His time in London wasn’t going to improve her opinion of him, even though nobody here even seemed aware that there was talk of rebellion in the Colonies.

Abel, though…there was more going on there than he’d felt comfortable talking to Kip about. Kip was going to have to seek out the other fox and explore that further. Seeing the reality

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