The Master Magician by Holmberg Charlie N

Author:Holmberg, Charlie N. [Holmberg, Charlie N.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: 47North
Published: 2015-06-02T07:00:00+00:00

Enchanted lamps and fire workings kept the CLR aglow as Bennet, his hands sweaty, white, and gripping the steering wheel of his tutor’s car, pulled into the exact same parking spot Ceony had sat in nearly two years ago with Emery, before the paper magician had taken off to battle Saraj. Oddly, it was also the same place where he had first kissed her.

Ceony didn’t mention this to her comrade, of course.

“I don’t know what he’ll do if I’m caught,” Bennet wheezed, “but I don’t think it will be good.”

“You’ll be fine,” Ceony assured him. She squeezed his shoulder. “Thank you. I’ll be back before too long. Don’t wait up.”

“Are you sure? I can come with you, help you with whatever it is that needs doing. You shouldn’t go alone, Ceony. A woman out alone in the dark . . .”

I have to. No one else will get hurt if I’m alone. She smiled. “Unless someone robs the train, I’ll be fine. You wouldn’t be much good in a robbery like that anyway. Besides, you have Magician Bailey to worry about.”

Bennet swallowed, looking sallow and ill. “What should I say if he asks?”

“Nothing,” Ceony replied, slinging her bag over her shoulder. It pulled with the extra weight of her Tatham percussion-lock pistol, which she’d stowed in the very bottom, just in case. “I left an illusion in my room of me sleeping, if he bothers to check.”

“He’ll be able to tell.”

“Only if he’s looking closely,” she countered. “Be safe.”

Bennet nodded. “Best hurry. And then you can give me the details of why you need to be at the CLR so late at night. You can trust me, Ceony.”

Ceony made no promises, merely let herself out of the vehicle and strode to the station, where she purchased a ticket and boarded the last train for Reading. Only three other people rode in the car with her.

Ceony fiddled with her charm necklace as the train sped west, its wide wheels practically floating over the Smelter-enchanted rails beneath it. How the metal-induced spell of speed worked, Ceony didn’t know. None of her personal studies in Smelting came close to such a feat, which had only been built a few years back. She remembered glimpsing an article on it in the local paper, back when she’d still been a student at Tagis Praff.

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