The Mapmaker's Apprentice (Glass and Steele Book 2) by C.J. Archer

Author:C.J. Archer [Archer, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: C.J. Archer
Published: 2016-10-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 10

"Magic?" I whispered. Beside me, Matt had gone quite still.

Mr. Rosemont shook his head and sat at his workbench again. "As I said, the man is barking. He once told a fellow antiquarian that he was searching for evidence of ancient magic in Roman artifacts buried beneath London's streets. That resulted in a great deal of laughter, and he never mentioned it again." The eye behind the monocle gleamed with humor. "Beware of that coin, Miss Steele. It may come alive and perform a jig."

Matt laughed, and I followed suit. His sounded genuine, but mine was hollow to my ears. "I had no idea McArdle believed such nonsense," he said with a shake of his head.

We thanked Rosemont and left. I clutched my reticule to my chest as we hurried past the busts of dead men, down the wide stairs to the vast entrance and out into the sunshine. Being a Monday, the museum was quiet, but even so, I bumped into a gentleman striding up the stairs as we headed down them.

He apologized and I smiled, hardly aware that I did so. Matt's hand on my lower back reminded me to keep walking. He steered me along the path at a steady pace and hailed our carriage.

"India?" Matt's face suddenly appeared before mine, all deep frown lines and worry in his eyes. "You seem dazed."

"I'm quite all right."

Bryce stopped the carriage in front of me and Matt assisted me inside. "You look pale," he said. "I'm taking you straight home."

"Let's go past Worthey's first."

"Very well." He called out instructions to Bryce then settled on the seat beside me. He patted my hand. "India, are you sure you're all right?"

"Yes, of course." I touched my temple. "I felt a little overwhelmed for a moment when Rosemont said that McArdle knows about magic. Do you think that means he's magical himself after all?"

"It's possible."

"Goodness. Magicians seem to be popping up all over London. Not only Daniel and his grandfather, but now McArdle."

"We can't be sure yet if McArdle is a magician, or whether he simply is aware of its existence. But you're right. Mere days ago we knew of only you and Chronos, and the dead Dr. Parsons. Now there's Daniel, his grandfather and possibly McArdle. There's not only medical and time magic, but map and coin magic too."

"And goodness knows what else. Your Dr. Parsons implied there was so much more, that it existed in everything." I pulled my watch out of my reticule and closed it in my fist, as Matt did with his watch several times a day. It didn't glow like his, but it warmed to my touch.

I returned it and pulled out the coin. It wasn't as warm as the watch, but I felt its magic tingling my fingers nevertheless. "I wish I knew what to do to manipulate magic and make it useful." I wished I knew how to fix Matt's watch.

"You'll learn," he said. "We'll find Chronos, and he'll teach you."

"What about another magician teaching me? Perhaps McArdle or Mr.

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