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Authors: Emma L. Adams
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difference when faced with extra-powered magic, like a boost…
A power-boost.
I looked at Amanda. “I don’t suppose you happen to know what Klathica puts into those super-strength enhancer implants?”
When the magic level had gone up, people had even caused damage in the Passages with those temporary magic-boosts. With some kind of magic source .
“I… I don’t know. I’ll look it up.” Ignoring Markos’s snorts, she turned back to the elevators. Two of them were out of order courtesy of a griffin which had got loose in here a few days ago. And to think I’d thought that was as messed-up as Central could get.
“You’ll have better luck searching in here than the archives,” said the centaur. “Your sister’s got me re-organising half of them, looking for obscure information.”
So that was why the office was in such a mess. It had been in the same state for a week. Not that I particularly cared what Ms Weston was preoccupied with at the moment.
“I’ll have to talk to Ada’s family,” I said. “But if you find anything, can you message me? If there’s a source that can match adamantine…”
“I’ll try,” said Amanda.
“Dragon incoming,” said Markos, as Ms Weston’s office door opened. Amanda stepped past me and I carried on downstairs, hoping she hadn’t overheard. Everyone stayed out of my way in the entrance hall. I wasn’t sure if Carl, Ms Weston or Saki had told everyone I was a lunatic, or if I looked like one anyway.
I didn’t have my motorcycle with me, so I walked to Ada’s house as fast as possible. The crowded roads were even more alien than the Passages. The roar of traffic echoed as if from a distance, and the crowds grated on my nerves even more than usual. I was on the verge of using magic to shove people out of my way, but I couldn’t use it on Earth anymore now the levels were stable again. Plus that would definitely get me listed under unhinged.
Ada’s family might have left already. I had to make a plan. I had all the Alliance’s information on sources already on my communicator, from when I’d been trying to figure out what lustre could do. But Earth wasn’t exactly the first stop for information on magic. I could gain access to all Alliance branches across the Multiverse as an Ambassador and logically, that should have been my first step. Except Carl wasn’t allowed to let me into the Passages anymore, and to be honest, I didn’t even know what I was looking for. I could steal another world-key, but I’d lost Ada’s signal, and even if I did find her, there might be a million of those stone monsters guarding her. Every idea I contemplated was a dead end.
I stopped short as I reached Ada’s house. The curtains were drawn. Had they left already?
Get on with it, Kay. I knocked, twice, and the door opened. I had a glimpse of a short figure through the gap before a fist slammed into the side of my face. I could have blocked it but I didn’t, letting the pain ring through me.
Nell’s elbow caught me in the ribs, right on the bruises. Damn. I clenched my teeth together, fighting the instinct to hit back. I held still, hands clenched, as she hammered strike after strike at me. My head snapped back as her fist connected with my jaw. She could have knocked me out or even killed me if she’d wanted. My vision clouded, sudden weakness threatening to drag me to the ground and leave me there.
Another kick knocked the breath from my lungs and sent me sideways into the fence, my head striking the wood. I leaned on it, blinking at her furious face. Blood dripped into my eyes from a cut on my forehead.
“What’s going on? Nell?”
Great, Ada’s older brother had arrived to join in the fun.
“You’ll have to get in line,” I said.
“Holy crap,” said Jeth. “Nell, that’s enough.”
Nell breathed in and out, but the rage left her eyes. Beating the hell out of me wouldn’t bring her daughter back.
I pushed back from the fence, ignoring the pain of
A power-boost.
I looked at Amanda. “I don’t suppose you happen to know what Klathica puts into those super-strength enhancer implants?”
When the magic level had gone up, people had even caused damage in the Passages with those temporary magic-boosts. With some kind of magic source .
“I… I don’t know. I’ll look it up.” Ignoring Markos’s snorts, she turned back to the elevators. Two of them were out of order courtesy of a griffin which had got loose in here a few days ago. And to think I’d thought that was as messed-up as Central could get.
“You’ll have better luck searching in here than the archives,” said the centaur. “Your sister’s got me re-organising half of them, looking for obscure information.”
So that was why the office was in such a mess. It had been in the same state for a week. Not that I particularly cared what Ms Weston was preoccupied with at the moment.
“I’ll have to talk to Ada’s family,” I said. “But if you find anything, can you message me? If there’s a source that can match adamantine…”
“I’ll try,” said Amanda.
“Dragon incoming,” said Markos, as Ms Weston’s office door opened. Amanda stepped past me and I carried on downstairs, hoping she hadn’t overheard. Everyone stayed out of my way in the entrance hall. I wasn’t sure if Carl, Ms Weston or Saki had told everyone I was a lunatic, or if I looked like one anyway.
I didn’t have my motorcycle with me, so I walked to Ada’s house as fast as possible. The crowded roads were even more alien than the Passages. The roar of traffic echoed as if from a distance, and the crowds grated on my nerves even more than usual. I was on the verge of using magic to shove people out of my way, but I couldn’t use it on Earth anymore now the levels were stable again. Plus that would definitely get me listed under unhinged.
Ada’s family might have left already. I had to make a plan. I had all the Alliance’s information on sources already on my communicator, from when I’d been trying to figure out what lustre could do. But Earth wasn’t exactly the first stop for information on magic. I could gain access to all Alliance branches across the Multiverse as an Ambassador and logically, that should have been my first step. Except Carl wasn’t allowed to let me into the Passages anymore, and to be honest, I didn’t even know what I was looking for. I could steal another world-key, but I’d lost Ada’s signal, and even if I did find her, there might be a million of those stone monsters guarding her. Every idea I contemplated was a dead end.
I stopped short as I reached Ada’s house. The curtains were drawn. Had they left already?
Get on with it, Kay. I knocked, twice, and the door opened. I had a glimpse of a short figure through the gap before a fist slammed into the side of my face. I could have blocked it but I didn’t, letting the pain ring through me.
Nell’s elbow caught me in the ribs, right on the bruises. Damn. I clenched my teeth together, fighting the instinct to hit back. I held still, hands clenched, as she hammered strike after strike at me. My head snapped back as her fist connected with my jaw. She could have knocked me out or even killed me if she’d wanted. My vision clouded, sudden weakness threatening to drag me to the ground and leave me there.
Another kick knocked the breath from my lungs and sent me sideways into the fence, my head striking the wood. I leaned on it, blinking at her furious face. Blood dripped into my eyes from a cut on my forehead.
“What’s going on? Nell?”
Great, Ada’s older brother had arrived to join in the fun.
“You’ll have to get in line,” I said.
“Holy crap,” said Jeth. “Nell, that’s enough.”
Nell breathed in and out, but the rage left her eyes. Beating the hell out of me wouldn’t bring her daughter back.
I pushed back from the fence, ignoring the pain of
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