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quiet, in this space out of time he had made for himself, the Good Doctor arrived.
“I need help,” Isaac said.
“We don’t have choices,” the Good Doctor said, “Logan’s magic is powerful. You are stalling him, but he will break in.”
“He already is,” Isaac said, “I can feel him rummaging around in my mind.”
“If we leave, the connection will sever.”
Isaac considered this. “The teleportation spell? We don’t know where it’ll take us. For all we know, this is one big trap.”
“If this is a trap, then we are already in it.”
Dammit, Isaac thought, and he allowed his mental defenses to relax so that he could get a grip on his concentration. When he found himself again, Isaac closed his eyes and imagined the spell forming in his mind, imagined the runes taking shape, the mathematical coordinates locking into place. All he had to do now was draw the power from the roiling, turbulent plane known as the Tempest, and he would be gone. Where? He didn’t know, but that hardly mattered now. It was this, or let Logan—
“Who is Alice Werner?” Logan asked.
A whip of lightning tore open the sky above Ashwood, and Isaac Moreau’s body slipped out of Logan’s grasp leaving a cloud of sparkling black and purple dust where he had once been.
Logan stood and dusted himself off. His eyes were white, but after a couple of hard blinks they turned red and he became alert. He scowled and breathed long, hard breaths through his nose as the dust settled on the floor. He hadn’t had enough time to look through Isaac’s mind, hadn’t been able to pull everything out of the asshole’s headspace, but he had gotten something. Alice Werner , he thought. I know that name.
“How did he do that?” Sonia asked. “Did you know he could do that?”
“No,” Logan said. “I didn’t think he had it in him.”
“So, now what do we do?”
“We go out and find him, right?” asked the other legionnaire.
“Find him if you can, and bring him in.”
“What are you gonna do?”
“I’ve got another target to hunt down,” he said, striding out of the room.
CHAPTER 7
Kasey's Diner
Kasey’s Diner came up on the right—a single building sitting at the back of a too-large parking lot. Cameron pulled up and parked the bike in an open spot only a short walk from the door. When Alice stepped off the bike and removed her helmet, the first thing she noticed was the huge, inert garbage truck parked only a few spaces down. Don’t they get stored in depots until the morning , she thought, and then she headed into the diner. Cameron followed.
The door jingled as Alice pushed it open. The diner seemed quaint enough. It had a rock n’ roll theme she could appreciate, checkerboard floors, and there were red vinyl covers on the seats. In the far corner of the room, a classic juke was playing the only Johnny Cash song she knew—Ring of Fire. But the place was as empty as a dive-bar in a bad neighborhood, and when Alice walked over the spot where Helena had met her untimely end, she knew why.
The invasive, almost paralyzing chill she felt was instantaneous and practically pushed her back out the way she had come. Cameron didn’t say anything until he sat down, but even he had felt it.
“ Jesus ,” he said, “Talk about creepy.”
“It happened there,” Alice said, nodding in the direction of the counter where a man in dark blue coveralls sat nurturing a cup of coffee.
“What did?”
“Helena died there… and Nyx left her body.”
“You know that’s the cause of the feeling for sure?”
“You’re the mage—can’t you figure it out?”
“I’m not that kind of mage.”
“This is the second time you’ve said that. What kind of a mage are you?”
Before Cameron could open his mouth, a waitress wearing a Barbie pink uniform walked up. This woman may, a couple of years ago, have been attractive, but she looked worn now. Ragged. Her dirty blonde hair was a little too
“I need help,” Isaac said.
“We don’t have choices,” the Good Doctor said, “Logan’s magic is powerful. You are stalling him, but he will break in.”
“He already is,” Isaac said, “I can feel him rummaging around in my mind.”
“If we leave, the connection will sever.”
Isaac considered this. “The teleportation spell? We don’t know where it’ll take us. For all we know, this is one big trap.”
“If this is a trap, then we are already in it.”
Dammit, Isaac thought, and he allowed his mental defenses to relax so that he could get a grip on his concentration. When he found himself again, Isaac closed his eyes and imagined the spell forming in his mind, imagined the runes taking shape, the mathematical coordinates locking into place. All he had to do now was draw the power from the roiling, turbulent plane known as the Tempest, and he would be gone. Where? He didn’t know, but that hardly mattered now. It was this, or let Logan—
“Who is Alice Werner?” Logan asked.
A whip of lightning tore open the sky above Ashwood, and Isaac Moreau’s body slipped out of Logan’s grasp leaving a cloud of sparkling black and purple dust where he had once been.
Logan stood and dusted himself off. His eyes were white, but after a couple of hard blinks they turned red and he became alert. He scowled and breathed long, hard breaths through his nose as the dust settled on the floor. He hadn’t had enough time to look through Isaac’s mind, hadn’t been able to pull everything out of the asshole’s headspace, but he had gotten something. Alice Werner , he thought. I know that name.
“How did he do that?” Sonia asked. “Did you know he could do that?”
“No,” Logan said. “I didn’t think he had it in him.”
“So, now what do we do?”
“We go out and find him, right?” asked the other legionnaire.
“Find him if you can, and bring him in.”
“What are you gonna do?”
“I’ve got another target to hunt down,” he said, striding out of the room.
CHAPTER 7
Kasey's Diner
Kasey’s Diner came up on the right—a single building sitting at the back of a too-large parking lot. Cameron pulled up and parked the bike in an open spot only a short walk from the door. When Alice stepped off the bike and removed her helmet, the first thing she noticed was the huge, inert garbage truck parked only a few spaces down. Don’t they get stored in depots until the morning , she thought, and then she headed into the diner. Cameron followed.
The door jingled as Alice pushed it open. The diner seemed quaint enough. It had a rock n’ roll theme she could appreciate, checkerboard floors, and there were red vinyl covers on the seats. In the far corner of the room, a classic juke was playing the only Johnny Cash song she knew—Ring of Fire. But the place was as empty as a dive-bar in a bad neighborhood, and when Alice walked over the spot where Helena had met her untimely end, she knew why.
The invasive, almost paralyzing chill she felt was instantaneous and practically pushed her back out the way she had come. Cameron didn’t say anything until he sat down, but even he had felt it.
“ Jesus ,” he said, “Talk about creepy.”
“It happened there,” Alice said, nodding in the direction of the counter where a man in dark blue coveralls sat nurturing a cup of coffee.
“What did?”
“Helena died there… and Nyx left her body.”
“You know that’s the cause of the feeling for sure?”
“You’re the mage—can’t you figure it out?”
“I’m not that kind of mage.”
“This is the second time you’ve said that. What kind of a mage are you?”
Before Cameron could open his mouth, a waitress wearing a Barbie pink uniform walked up. This woman may, a couple of years ago, have been attractive, but she looked worn now. Ragged. Her dirty blonde hair was a little too
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