the low level Psychic ability of Linking minds, where two or more Magi allowed their minds to have a sympathetic connection, meaning that in the future, either party would be able to quickly contact the other, even over great distances. It worked very much like a phone call in that you could ignore a Magi who might be trying to contact you through the Link you had created with them, you didn’t automatically grant them access to your mind, but it bypassed the need for the sending Magi to find the persons mind first that you wished to contact as you were already linked.
You just thought of the person you wanted to speak to, and reached out with your Magic, if they were happy to speak with you at that moment, then you could talk.
They all answered in the affirmative and a couple of seconds later they all had a real time view of an alleyway on the other side of the junction in their minds eye that Yoh shared with them. He had been psychically checking the area out to make sure it remained empty.
‘Shall we?’ Yoh asked.
Amanda nodded, Gentle Water took Liz’s hand and all four of them disappeared from the hallway in a suddenly flurry of popping noises as the air rushed in to fill the voids that their bodies had left behind.
At the same instant, all four of them appeared in the alleyway on the other side of the four way junction, and the sounds and smells of the city filled their senses.
Cars revved their engines, Taxi’s blasted their horns and the general sounds of the city felt deafening to them for a moment compared to the silence of the house.
Amanda looked about her, they had all Ported safely over and stood between two buildings with refuse bags and huge bins on casters dotted up the passageway.
No one had seen them, and they were a short walk from the street where people went about their business.
‘This way,’ said Yoh, and led them out to the street.
At the end of the alleyway Amanda spied her house on the other side of the street, a short way up the road.
Soon they were on their way and following Yoh along the sidewalk, walking the handful of blocks to Yoh’s place, which she knew to be called The Jade Palace. This, according to Yoh, functioned as a Restaurant, Spa and Gym, as well as a living space for Yoh and another Magi called Stella.
Yoh walked ahead of Amanda with Gentle Water and they seemed to be talking casually, with Yoh doing most of the speaking
Amanda walked beside Liz who had taken hold of Amanda’s arm and stayed close. She looked about her in apparent awe of the city they were in, something Amanda could relate too, even though she had lived here for a few years already before she became a Magus. New York always left an impression on new visitors.
While Liz walked along taking in the sights of the city all around her, Amanda admired a different view, and despite trying to look elsewhere, she just couldn’t help but enjoy the shape and form of Yoh’s bum.
She couldn’t see much of it beneath the suit he wore, but she could see just enough to hold her interest.
A couple of times she missed the start of a sentence that Liz had just said to her as she had once again become lost in wondering what Yoh might look like without his suit on.
She tore her gaze away again and looked over the other side of the street, past the traffic and gazed at nothing, anything, something. She didn’t care what it was, she just didn’t want to get caught staring at Yoh’s arse.
But what an arse it was!
No, not again, she thought, this was scandalous. She needed to think of something other than having a firm hold of that rear with both hands while she lay beneath him …
‘When do you think Lucian might turn up?’
Liz’s question broke through her day dream, snapping her back into reality and away from the fantasy she had been indulging herself in.
‘Sorry what?’ She asked.
‘Lucian, he’s not appeared yet, but he must know we’re here, surely.’
Amanda furrowed her brow in
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