The initial chapters of the new story have been sent to the Moderators for posting.
Amelia and Greg is a story in the Reality of Less Magic in the Magic Ink Universe. It tales place after Magic Ink V and before the Lelia story.
Greg O'Brien is having lunch at his favorite hotel restaurant when a scantily clad young woman races through the lobby, but collapses before reaching the entrance doors of the hotel. Greg goes to see what is wrong with her and discovers that she has been abused, and that she has a very strong Talent but knows no Magic. He disappears with her just before those pursuing her appear.
After determining that the young woman has been given a huge dose of the drug that has knocked her out, Greg leaves her in a safe place while he goes to obtain the help of his Mage friend Sylvia to remove the drug from the young woman system, as he knows of no White Magic spell to do that.
Sylvia agrees to help after he uses his Magic to cure one of her animal patients. While she works on the young woman, Greg rounds up the necessary clothes, food and other items.
Sylvia naps after removing most of the drug from the woman, and Greg keeps watch. On awakening, she helps Greg transfer the tracking chips from the woman to a large wharf rat and they send it on its way to distract those pursuing the woman.
Those pursuing the young woman think she is dead from the drug she was given, until a signal from the tracking chips appears on their equipment some hours after she escaped. Their Boss sends them out to locate her and bring her back.
Greg learns the young woman's name, Amelia, when she awakens, and she eventually agrees to go to his house to hide from those pursuing her. Greg explains about her Talent and that she could eventually achieve the rank of Master or Senior Master if she studied Magic, but Amelia is distressed and worried about the cost of returning to school.
I hope that you will enjoy the opening chapters of Amelia and Greg. The story is completely written and mostly edited, so there should be no interruptions in posting it.
Magic Ink VIII is progressing very slowly as it requires a lot of research, and I have been distracted by other things that need to be taken care of ahead of writing. It will eventually appear. There are also a number of other stories that are in progress, but need a lot more work.
Enjoy these two chapters, more next week.
Keep Well,
uncle jim