The Future King by James Riley

Author:James Riley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2020-03-03T00:00:00+00:00

- TWENTY-SIX -

ELLORA, FREEZE HIM!” FORT SHOUTED, readying his own spell.

Even as he said it, Ellora was already moving, and black light shot out toward Damian. But he blocked it by teleporting Jia right in front of him, and Ellora’s magic hit her instead, freezing Jia in mid-shout of surprise.

“I guess that’s a no!” Damian shouted, pushing Jia aside as the ground rose up around Ellora, locking her in place. “It’s getting really annoying, you having that necklace on, by the way.”

“Yeah, well, I’m not taking it—hey!” Ellora said as Rachel lifted the necklace up and over her head, then dropped it to the ground. “What are you doing?”

“Like it?” Damian and Rachel said at once, both using Damian’s voice. “Mind magic can be so useful. Like making people forget for a few minutes how to use their magic.”

“What?” Ellora said as yellow magic covered her head now. “No!” She struggled to free herself, but there was nothing she could do as the yellow light faded. “Give it back! Give me back my magic!”

“It’ll come back by the time I’m gone,” Damian said, turning to Fort. “What about you, Sierra’s friend? You want to try me too, like back at the school? Or are you smart enough to give up now, and tell me where the book is?”

“Trust me,” Fort said slowly. “No one’s ever accused me of being smart.” He held up his hands, glowing with green Summoning magic. “Let’s do this.”

Damian’s eyes widened. “Seriously? You’re joking. What, are you going to teleport me somewhere?”

“No,” Fort said with a shrug. “Just distract you.”

Damian raised an eyebrow, only for blue light to flood over him, sending him shakily to the ground. Jia quickly moved over him, shaking her head. “I’m sorry about this, Damian,” she said. “But you’re going to destroy London if you get that book, and you were always kind of a jerk, so I guess I don’t feel that bad about putting you to sleep.”

Damian struggled to get to his feet, only to fall back against the rubble he’d created a moment earlier. “Oh, right,” he said in a daze. “I canceled the Time girl’s spell when I made her forget it. Should have … thought of that.”

“You know what you should have thought of?” Rachel said, coming up at his side. “That no one takes over my mind!”

And then she punched him right in the gut.

“Ray, no!” Jia shouted as Damian doubled over in pain. “Don’t wake him back up!”

The blue light surrounding Damian went out like a snuffed candle, and he grinned up at them. “Thank you for that,” he said, then tossed Rachel across the room. She hit the wall hard and slid down to the floor, groaning.

“Ray!” Jia screamed, sending another spell at Damian, but this time, he saw it coming and waved it away, then sent the ground up around her legs, freezing her in place as well.

“That’s what I deserve for getting angry,” Damian continued. “Dr. Opps was always yelling at me about that.

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