response.
‘I’d ideally like to think that he had no idea we were here, but I think realistically, he must know. He’s a competent Nomad from everything I have heard, so I would suspect there must be at least one informant within the Initiated in that Washington Coven House, probably more. We’ve been here what? A few hours? I would expect that he would know we’re here by now.’
‘I don’t feel very safe on these streets. I keep expecting to be jumped at any moment.’
Amanda looked around her at the people going about their daily lives, ignoring the Magi in their midst. Might there be an Initiated amongst them, secretly watching them, monitoring their movements and reporting back to Lucian about where they were headed?
It was certainly possible, and the thought of that possibility darkened her mood a touch as they approached the Jade Palace.
After another couple of blocks of uneventful walking, Yoh came to a stop beside a magazine kiosk on the sidewalk. He picked up a magazine and pretended to look in it as he turned to his companions.
‘The Jade Palace is on the other side of the street a short distance up, can you see it?’ Yoh Asked.
Amanda Liz and Gentle Water looked up the street to see the square fronted two story beige building that proclaimed itself to be The Jade Palace from the sign out front.
It looked big from what she could see, and busy from the number of people sat out front on the tables and chairs there.
‘Lovely,’ said Amanda. ‘Are we not walking in the front door?’
‘No, too risky, we’ll Port to the side entrance and go in that way,’ Yoh answered.
‘Sure,’ Amanda said, and looked at her two companions who also agreed.
‘Hai, when I say, follow me, don’t hesitate.’
Moments passed and Amanda could sense the small working of Magic coming from Yoh, but only because he happened to be stood right next to her. She knew that he had shielded the working from casual detection, and anyone not right next to him would not have noticed the working.
Seconds passed and after a moment more, he put down the magazine and turned to walk off.
‘Follow me.’ He said as he turned.
Amanda followed Yoh into a nearby coffee shop and walked with him towards the back of it. The ambient Magic of the group worked in their favour. They did not want to be seen, meaning they slipped through the shop and through a Staff Only door at the back unnoticed.
A short walk along a corridor, past the break room where someone sat watching television and ignored them before they finally passed through a rear door into another alleyway.
‘More alleyways?’ Amanda asked.
‘Occupational hazard for Magi here in the city.’ Yoh shrugged. ‘We’re Porting here.’ He said, sending the location details to the group.
‘Let’s go then, I’m not a huge fan of alleyways.’ Amanda said. New York alleyways had a horrible tendency to remind her about the attack a couple of years ago by the Scion Horlack that had turned her into a Magus and killed her good friend Stuart, so the less time she spent in them the better.
That said, she knew one day soon she would want to return to the site of the attack, and try to make some kind of peace with it.
Seconds later they were stood close to the side entrance of what Amanda presumed to be the Jade Palace, and in fact her Magical senses were attuned enough that she knew where she had appeared in relation to where she had been stood moments ago, her Magic, un-interfered with, would mean she would never be lost.
Looking about her she couldn’t sense any Magic here at all, Yoh had done a great job of hiding any magical signature that might be on the building and give away his location to Lucian’s Coven.
‘In we go.’ He said, and walked over to the door and opened it without problem. Amanda had watched carefully and noticed the very small flare of Essentia as Yoh had touched the door handle. Some kind of Magical lock, just as Amanda had expected.
They all
‘I’d ideally like to think that he had no idea we were here, but I think realistically, he must know. He’s a competent Nomad from everything I have heard, so I would suspect there must be at least one informant within the Initiated in that Washington Coven House, probably more. We’ve been here what? A few hours? I would expect that he would know we’re here by now.’
‘I don’t feel very safe on these streets. I keep expecting to be jumped at any moment.’
Amanda looked around her at the people going about their daily lives, ignoring the Magi in their midst. Might there be an Initiated amongst them, secretly watching them, monitoring their movements and reporting back to Lucian about where they were headed?
It was certainly possible, and the thought of that possibility darkened her mood a touch as they approached the Jade Palace.
After another couple of blocks of uneventful walking, Yoh came to a stop beside a magazine kiosk on the sidewalk. He picked up a magazine and pretended to look in it as he turned to his companions.
‘The Jade Palace is on the other side of the street a short distance up, can you see it?’ Yoh Asked.
Amanda Liz and Gentle Water looked up the street to see the square fronted two story beige building that proclaimed itself to be The Jade Palace from the sign out front.
It looked big from what she could see, and busy from the number of people sat out front on the tables and chairs there.
‘Lovely,’ said Amanda. ‘Are we not walking in the front door?’
‘No, too risky, we’ll Port to the side entrance and go in that way,’ Yoh answered.
‘Sure,’ Amanda said, and looked at her two companions who also agreed.
‘Hai, when I say, follow me, don’t hesitate.’
Moments passed and Amanda could sense the small working of Magic coming from Yoh, but only because he happened to be stood right next to her. She knew that he had shielded the working from casual detection, and anyone not right next to him would not have noticed the working.
Seconds passed and after a moment more, he put down the magazine and turned to walk off.
‘Follow me.’ He said as he turned.
Amanda followed Yoh into a nearby coffee shop and walked with him towards the back of it. The ambient Magic of the group worked in their favour. They did not want to be seen, meaning they slipped through the shop and through a Staff Only door at the back unnoticed.
A short walk along a corridor, past the break room where someone sat watching television and ignored them before they finally passed through a rear door into another alleyway.
‘More alleyways?’ Amanda asked.
‘Occupational hazard for Magi here in the city.’ Yoh shrugged. ‘We’re Porting here.’ He said, sending the location details to the group.
‘Let’s go then, I’m not a huge fan of alleyways.’ Amanda said. New York alleyways had a horrible tendency to remind her about the attack a couple of years ago by the Scion Horlack that had turned her into a Magus and killed her good friend Stuart, so the less time she spent in them the better.
That said, she knew one day soon she would want to return to the site of the attack, and try to make some kind of peace with it.
Seconds later they were stood close to the side entrance of what Amanda presumed to be the Jade Palace, and in fact her Magical senses were attuned enough that she knew where she had appeared in relation to where she had been stood moments ago, her Magic, un-interfered with, would mean she would never be lost.
Looking about her she couldn’t sense any Magic here at all, Yoh had done a great job of hiding any magical signature that might be on the building and give away his location to Lucian’s Coven.
‘In we go.’ He said, and walked over to the door and opened it without problem. Amanda had watched carefully and noticed the very small flare of Essentia as Yoh had touched the door handle. Some kind of Magical lock, just as Amanda had expected.
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