The Eddie Lancaster Series : Volume 2 Books 4-6 by Sean Stone

Author:Sean Stone [Stone, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Nine

We returned to the rear patio and found that Clara was now awake. She was sitting helplessly in the cage staring angrily through the rusty bars at us. ‘Eddie, you have sunk low,’ she said, seething.

‘Sounds like someone doesn’t like the taste of their own medicine,’ I said with a goading leer. Even though I pitied her I was still enjoying the role reversal. What goes around comes around and all that.

‘What is this cage made of?’ she said, touching the bars gingerly. ‘Iron doesn’t work on me.’ She thought the cage was blocking her magic. She had no idea that I’d taken it. I looked awkwardly at Nick. Things were about to get nasty.

‘You have nothing to fear,’ he told me. He gestured lazily at the cage and the front clattered loudly to the patio. Clara wasted no time getting out. She shot into the open, stood up straight and thrust her hand out dynamically. Sadly, for her nothing happened. She tried again. After the third failed attempt she looked down at her hand and then at the two of us in abject horror.

‘You didn’t…’ she whispered. Her face turned a deathly shade of white. Her breathing became erratic. Her hand went to her heart and she grabbed hold of the bars behind her for support.

‘I think she may be having a panic attack,’ Nick said with a hint of mirth to his voice.

‘You stole my magic!’ she screamed lividly. Her eyes were bulging and her face had turned crimson. There was an angry vein pulsating in her forehead. Her hair clung to her sweaty face.

‘Consider it more of a confiscation,’ I told her. My voice was too quiet and lacked my usual swagger. This all still felt wrong. I felt more like a bully than someone who had been wronged and was now seeking retribution.

‘Eddie may feel inclined to give it back,’ Nick said, though he did not think that was very likely from his tone of voice. ‘We’ve decided to do things your way.’

‘My way?’ she repeated. Her breathing was calming down now. ‘What are you talking about?’

‘We’re putting you on trial for your crimes. Eddie will judge your case and I’ll present the evidence against you. I won’t lie, Clara, I’m seeking the death penalty.’ He chuckled nastily, a deep gravelly sound.

Nick waved his hand lavishly through the air. A raised platform appeared at one end of the patio, an ornate dining chair akin to a throne atop it. In the centre of the patio the cage vanished and was replaced by a box just like the one in the AOC hearing room. A witness stand took the place where the garden bench had been before.

‘If we could all take our places then the trial can begin,’ said Nick.

I walked over to the chair that was meant for me, thinking about how messed up this whole situation was. At least the control seemed to be in my hands. I was the one who could maintain some sort of order in all of this.

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