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![]() | Cover Art First Chapter Patreon Playlist The Story: After a confusing encounter at a McDonaldâs register turns violent, Jon is pulled into a magical bloodbath - and his only chance for survival lies with the pissed-off, perpetually-broke immortal working behind the counter. --------------------------------- Step by step, the fireâs light faded out, the grass beneath my feet shading to a muted purple-grey before vanishing into black. I let out a shaky breath, lifting my gaze. Weâd claimed a bit of grassy field along the mostly-quiet highway, and Cailyn had marked out a line of branches right before the no-go zone. My steps slowed as I searched for it in the darkness. Wouldnât do to cross it unawares. No, Iâd⌠I stopped. It was faint, butâŚglowing with the scraps of firelight that made it out here, I could just barely make out the shape of a man laying ahead of me, tucked in right before the boundary line. Aedan raised himself up a hair, the light catching the angles of his face more clearly. âJonny,â he said. âYou finally come to realize the wonders of sleeping outside?â He patted the grass alongside him, dropping back to level again. âLet them blabber away the night on their own.â I chuckled under my breath, ducking my chin. I couldnât really place why Iâd decided to come over and disturb Aedan, since he clearly didnât want to be bothered with the rest of everyone, butâŚwhile I wasnât enthused with the thought of joining in on Mason and Cailynâs banter, that didnât mean I wanted to sit entirely by my lonesome, either. Aedan was better than nothing. So I eased myself to the ground with a groan of tired bones, finally flopping down to lie flat. In the hazy darkness, I saw him glance over. âYou good?â âYeah,â I mumbled. âItâsâŚfine. Everything is fine. I think.â Aedan hesitated, his gaze flicking over me. â...Okay,â he said at last. âWell, if you want to rant a little, Iâm not exactly going anywhere.â I signed, drooping against the soft ground. âMaybe. Itâs just-â âBut, uh.â When I stopped, Aedan chuckled, raising a hand to mock at grasping his chest. âNecklace on? We can kill two birds with one stone.â Right. My out-of-control magic. I grimaced at the reminder of another problem I needed to fix, but there was no pretending. I was keeping a handle on things okay without my relic on, all things considered, butâŚwell, itâd been a few hours between our arrival and now, and the itch spreading across my skin was starting to prickle more than was comfortable. I wanted my relic back. There was no way Iâd argue with Aedanâs offer. A bit of the tension ebbed away at the brush of my fingertips against the entwined rings. I closed my eyes for a moment, leaning back and soaking in the blissful relief. ThatâŚfelt better. But Aedan wouldnât sit there patiently waiting for me forever, so I slipped the cord around my neck, putting the rings back under my shirt, and exhaled. âOkay,â I whispered, trying to remember everything Iâd done before. Trying to remember the way itâd felt to take my magic and shove it away. My eyelids squeezed tighter as I pushed. âIsâŚIs it-â âNot yet,â Aedan said. âStill casting.â Shit. I forced myself to take a long, slow breath, refusing to let the anxiety build up anew. You donât need your magic right now. This is just Aedan. We talk all the time. Something inside of me loosened. I opened my eyes again. âIâŚI think-â âHey,â Aedan said, perking up. He raised his head enough to grin over at me, waggling an eyebrow. âWould ya look at that? Weâll make a halfway competent mage out of you yet.â âShut up,â I groaned, shaking my head. âSo itâs working.â âWell, itâs not working, more like.â When I made an irritated noise, he snorted. âLet me have my fun. Youâre good now, soâŚWhatâs going on?â I froze, the words right there on the tip of my tongue. The weight of it all hit my chest again. I grimaced. âIt was Brendon,â I said, turning my eyes back to the stars. âHeâŚjust wanted to pass on an update about the enemy crews in the area. Itâs all looking good, by the way. We should be clear for a while, unless they sniff us out and come looking.â âOkay,â Aedan said. âSo why dâyou look like youâve got a stick shoved straight up your ass?â Eloquent as ever. I made a face. âButâŚhe reminded me about my parents, too.â âWait, Daddy Christensenâs still in the picture?â Aedan said, glancing over again. âShit, Jonny, I didnât think-â âTheyâre both still alive,â I said, shooting an irritated look his way. âAnd donât start with any of that.â I shook my head, letting my eyes rise. âAfter Greenville happenedâŚthey thought I died. Me and Keira both. I couldnât let them stay like that.â âAnd they know about you?â Aedan said. âI know you said-â âYeah,â I said âI was just a kid when I got my relic. They both found out when stuff started turning weird with it. They justâŚdidnât really know what to make of it.â âFuckinâ lucky, the whole thing,â Aedan said. For once, though, he wasnât smiling. âYou were a demi who didnât know shit about how we work. If youâd gone and made a public stink of this-â âWeâd probably have gotten killed by Carl, or Noah, or Anke,â I said heavily. âYeah. Iâve put a lot of thought into that, yâknow.â âI bet you have.â The faintest snort curled at the words. I heard him sigh a moment later, though. âSo you told them what happened?â I grimaced. â...Yeah. They donât understand. Not really. But IâŚI told them to hide out for a while. Get out of the line of fire, in case any of Noahâs cronies decided to make a bid for leadership.â âDid they?â âDonât know, do I?â I retorted. âWe-â âMagic,â Aedan said. My lips curled into a scowlâbut I took a tighter grip on my magic, forcing it away again. âWe left Greenville. First to Detroit, then to Ankeâs place. I havenât exactly kept up on the news back home, andâŚâ I shook my head. âTheyâd moved out of Michigan long before I met you. Theyâre living down south now.â âSouth enough to be out of the range of the war?â Aedanâs voice was quieter, but sharp. âDo you think-â âProbably,â I mumbled. âI donât think they should get sniffed out. Neither of them are demis. As far as I know, anyway. If my grandpa had another relic to give my dad, he definitely didnât say anything about it.â He wouldâve told me. I was pretty sure about that. And I could still remember their panic when I first showed signs of oddness. It hadnât been imagined or invented. âIf neither of them are magic, then I really donât think theyâre going to get spotted.â Christ, now he sounded all gentle, which was somehow worse. âI mean, I know how that shit goes. Youâre going to worry regardless, but, yâknow. Donât let it get to you.â âI know.â I sniffed, wiping at my nose, and shook my head again. âJustâŚif Madis has all this knowledge like Anke saysâŚheâs looking for me. Maybe he figured something out about my family. Maybe he-â âCalm the fuck down,â Aedan said with a groan. âYouâre making me tired just listening to you. Yeah, Madis is probably going to beâŚpretty interested in you.â He drooped. I glanced over in time to see his eyelids sag lower. âIâŚknow that much about him. He loves oddities, and he loves old magic. ThatâsâŚwhy IâŚâ His voice dropped away. His Adamâs apple bobbed as he swallowed. âItâs why I had a deadline, once I realized Anke knew about you too,â he said. âThe kidnapping,â I said. âWith Cathy.â He hesitated, but nodded. â...Yeah. That was her warning to me. She was giving Madis the information he wanted.â âAnd giving you one last chance at death before he got here.â It wasnât a question. At the same time, thoughâŚit wasnât an accusation either. Maybe it wouldâve been at one point, but I was coming to understand them all a little better. And even if Anke wanted Aedan to stay around, she hadnât wanted to arbitrarily deprive him of the very thing heâd spent an eternity hunting for. What a tangled web. Aedan looked away. âI didnât know what else to do,â he whispered. âIâm not strong enough to stand up to Madis. I donât have a crew. Iâve never had any of that shit. If he wanted youâŚâ Again, he swallowed. âWhat could I do? It was already done. Decided. All I could do was-â âI know,â I said, turning my sights back to the stars glimmering overhead. âItâŚwas a bad situation for everyone.â âYeah,â Aedan said, his voice hoarse. I saw his chest rise as he took a long, deep breath. âB-But. Point is. Yeah, heâs going to be interested in you. But heâs got no reason to think youâve got parents around, right? Thatâs not exactly normal for most of you twerps.â âI guess,â I said. I was pretty sure Iâd been told something like that beforeâit just didnât make me feel any better. âI just-â âIf youâre so worried about it, why donât you ask Anke?â Aedan said. âIâŚcanât do much to help. But she can.â âAnke?â I murmured, glancing back toward the fire. âThatâs-â My blood chilled as I caught sight of her watching Aedan and I sidelong, blue eyes glinting in the firelight. Before I could say a word the moment passed, and she was back to murmuring something that made Amber bust out into cackles. âY-Yeah,â I said, forcing myself to look back to Aedan. âI guess I could, but-â âYouâre slipping again,â Aedan says. âYouâve got to stay focused.â âShit,â I mumbled, licking my lips. One hand settled around my necklace. âSorry.â âFuck, donât apologize to me.â When I was pretty sure that my relic lay cool and dormant again, I stretched out again, running my useless fingers through the grass. âI probably could,â I mumbled. âJustâŚI dunno. Sheâs already champing at the bit to get me locked down working for her, in one fashion or another. I justâŚI donât know if handing her more leverage is a good idea. AndâŚâ I grimaced. âI donât know what my family can really offer. Theyâre not magic. They couldnât pull their weight.â âGuess that makes sense,â Aedan said. From the corner of my eye, I saw him wrinkle his nose. âStillâŚI think you should ask her. Sheâd probably help them out if it meant getting a debt out of you.â âYou immortals and your debts,â I groaned. The urge to roll my eyes grew stronger. âIs that all you think about?â âItâs a constant through the years,â Aedan said, a chuckle under the words. âNot much else is.â â...Okay, fair enough.â I fell quiet, unable to really argue with that. I wanted to, butâŚif it meant keeping my family safe, maybe the right thing to do was acknowledge that Aedan had a point. Sure, I might wind up owing Anke a favor, but when she already had me by the short hairs, how much did that really matter? If she wanted something from me, I didnât exactly have a lot of room to argue. So I shut my mouth, grimacing, and watched the stars. That was enough, for a while. Iâd been given a lot to think about, between my parents, and Madis, and the scene in that long-distant concrete cell. The worries were starting to purr along more quietly, at least. I could keep a handle on things. Ever so slightly, I smiled, letting my eyelids droop. âU-Uh. So.â Well, that wasnât like Aedan. I raised my head a fraction of an inch, fixing a look on him. âWhatâs up?â âYouâŚYou donât have to answer if you donât want. But, uh. I just thought-â âPretty sure weâre past being shy,â I said. âJust ask.â He let his head fall backward, then nodded. â...Yeah. Guess youâre right.â I waited. He took a long few moments, but finally, I heard him take a deep breath. âThereâs something going on with you, isnât there?â he said softly. âBack there in base. IâŚI donât know what, butâŚYour woman wouldnât bite my head off for nothing, andâŚsometimes, youâŚyou seem like-â âAh,â I mumbled, and bobbed my head. My pulse quickened. I really didnât want to talk about thisâbut he deserved to know. If nothing else, it wasnât fair to let him keep putting his foot in his mouth over stuff he didnât know. So I sighed, planting one hand against the grass, and pushed myself to a sitting position. His eyes snapped to me. âJon?â âIâŚdidnât tell you before.â I shook my head, laying my hands in my lap, and clasped them together as tightly as I could. All I got was a twinge of pain, but I saw his gaze drop to follow the motion. His brows furrowed, and I smiled faintly. âYouâŚdid a fair bit of damage to my hands, back then. And they didnât react well to it.â Slowly, Aedan pushed himself up alongside me, his eyes dark. âWait, so-â âIâm fine,â I said. One finger at a time, I unwound my hands from each other, then turned them palm up, letting the scars catch the light from the campfire. âButâŚIâm still dealing with these, a little.â Aedan whispered something in Irish under his breath, the corners of his eyes creasing in consternation as he took my hands in his. And it actually came through in Irish, soâŚwell, Iâd take that as a win, however small. His thumbs traced over the thick ribbon of silvered flesh. âButâŚAnke has healers. She could fix this. So why the fuck didnât she-â âThey tried,â I said. I didnât try to pull away, even if the numb, hollow sensation against my skin sent prickles down my spine. I grimaced. âItâsâŚlook. Thereâs not really a nice way to say this, and all that. JustâŚitâs okay, butâŚâ I looked away, unable to hold Aedanâs gaze. âYou didnât exactly do much to keep my hands from getting fucked up, after you sliced me open,â I mumbled. âSoâŚthey got infected. Really infected. And then I got thrown out into the forest and left to sit there, andâŚwell, it got worse.â âJonny,â Aedan whispered. His hands slipped free of mine at least, and I saw him draw back ever so slightly. âI didnât think-â âI know,â I said. âYouâŚreally didnât plan on needing my hands to be healthy.â I shook my head, clasping my hands again, and flexed the fingers against each other. âHannah put me back together again, once they found me. She patched me up, butâŚit caused a lot of scarring when she did. Ankeâs healers are good. Theyâre not miracle workers.â âAnd thatâs why you donât have a gun.â His words were leaden, little more than a murmur. âIs that it?â I chuckled. âPretty much.â Extending one hand again, I curled my fingersâand watched, mute, as they twitched, the torn skin of my palm dancing with the exposed tendons beneath. âI donât have a ton of mobility with them anymore, and if Iâm too reckless with what I try and grab, it hurts. Canât feel much with them, normally.â I shrugged. âBut I can get by fine. With most things itâs just a matter of bracing and squeezing at the right spots. I donât need a ton of finesse to dial my phone or use a fork. Itâs tough sometimes, but if I drop it, no big deal. Keeping control of a gun? ThatâsâŚa bit different.â Aedan nodded, but his eyes were still downcast. âThereâs got to be something she can do.â âMaybe,â I said with a sigh, letting my hands fall again. âMaybe when all of this is over, she can help me with that.â And Iâll wind up even further in debt to her. I grimaced. âButâŚright now, this is fine.â Aedan shook his head slowly. âJonny, I-â âIf anyoneâs to blame, itâs Madis,â I said quietly. âItâs because of him I got stranded out there to rot. You were coming back for me. Right?â A long silenceâand then Aedan nodded. âYeah.â âSee?â I said. I flopped back to the grass, letting my hands fall into the black. I couldnât feel everything, but the sensation of the coolness enveloping me was a little slice of bliss. âHis fault. Not yours.â âBut-â âDonât try and blame yourself for everything,â I said, more softly still. âYou fucked up. But this wasnât all you.â He sat there frozen, eyes down. Finally, he nodded. âThanks,â he whispered. All I could do was smile grimly, letting my weariness simmer higher. I was too damn tired for this messâand yet, I found I felt a bit better, after laying it all out. It was one less thing I had to worry about, now. Another step forward. Maybe someday, we could put all this behind us and just be normal again. Until then, I closed my eyes, leaning into the soft grass, and let the sound of my friendsâ distant laughter pull me under. |
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