Sorcerer: Betrayal: Power of Air (Book 4) by D. L. Harrison Read Free Book Online

because I wouldn’t age for hundreds of years.
    I was getting a little off point, which was that it was time
to put an end to the news coverage.
    I went ahead and laid a subtle compulsion without any
guilt.  She wouldn’t forget me, and would probably still do a report on me, but
she wouldn’t dig too deep or chase me either.  There was something to be said
for hiding in plain sight, but I worried the line was getting closer.  If too
many people looked into me, it would be almost impossible to cover up.  I
wasn’t nearly ready to fake my own death and move on, something supernaturals
had to do from time to time.
    Kira sighed, “I didn’t think you’d say yes, but I had to
ask.  Thanks for your time… and the coffee.”
    I let out a sigh of relief despite me stacking the deck when
she left the office, and I went back to my magic practice.
     

Chapter 8
    Thursday, June 9 th , 2016, 11:21 AM
    My phone went off again, another text, this time with no
picture.  The council wanted to see me.  I knew the intention of it, the time
had come and they planned to kill me.  Both the information and the connections
were screaming it.
    Damn vampires.
    Still, I gave it some thought before I went.  I could leave
town if I wanted to after all, and I was wondering exactly what would happen to
the vampire population if the council went away.  The council were like strict
parents that didn’t spare the rod.  A lot of vampires were selfish, and the
power went to their heads, they saw other people as lesser.  In a way, a lot
like I was told sorcerers are, just with less power.  In some cases, it might
even be worse, because the power was freely given in the change, they didn’t
have to work for it at all.  Even strength came automatically with age.
    The threat of the council kept them all in line.
    On the other hand, I’d bent over backwards to not only keep
the peace, but help them with their issues, and they were going to repay me
with death?  Or at least, they would try.  They truly were evil, but leaving
them alive seemed to be the lesser evil up until this point.
    What made me decide was that if I didn’t go, and just ignored
them, their next step would probably be to get leverage.  I knew vampires and
the shifter species didn’t get along.  Vampires were air, shifters were fire
and earth, and it was the earth and air part that probably drove this split
more than anything else.  Point being, I knew they wouldn’t have a qualm about
using people against me, threats, hostages, murders, and who knew what else.
    It wouldn’t be the first time the council used such tactics.
    I imagined that included others as well, Tara, and even the
humans in my life, Mike, Jenna, Aiya, my Aunt Mary and Cousin Amy.  No one
would be safe.  This was why I thought the council evil, they didn’t just rule
the vampires and punish transgression, they actively killed whoever they wanted
in their paranoia to keep their power.
    It was a simple equation to them.  I was powerful enough to
harm them, so I had to die.  Doesn’t matter what my intentions are, to them
even if I don’t oppose them now, in a hundred, or maybe two hundred years, I might
change my mind.
    So that’s why I decided to reply to Diana’s text, and let
her know I’d be over in a few minutes.  I was fairly confident they would
fail.  I was surrounded in my double air and fire shield, even if I didn’t
speed myself up to see their attack, I didn’t believe they’d be able to break
through.  Anything strong enough to do so would take out the entire building.  Regardless,
they wouldn’t live long enough to regret their betrayal.
    I was very angry, but I used most of that to feed my fire shield,
to both make sure I didn’t do anything stupid, and of course it made my shield
quite a bit stronger.  I say most of my emotions because that was Jaben’s
mistake.  He died because he subsumed too much of his emotions, such as a
healthy dose of fear.  Still, I