Atomic Mage by Garrett Carter (short books for teens txt) 📕

Cades grip until he placed a sharp mental slap on ten snarling noses speaking a firm "NO."

Expecting a little more fight from the guardians he was surprised to see them all laydown and cease growling at him.

The answer to Cades unasked question was provided a moment later as the raging winds calmed and a twin to the injured woman, who was still laying on the ground before his physical body, stepped out from between two trees.

She was stunning, shorter than him by a little more than a foot with a beautiful face if a bit more cat like than he was used to, though his gaze was drawn to her golden eyes.

He felt his fight or flight instincts beginning to kick in as the woman growled softly at him, her golden eyes glaring at him with open hostility.

He wasn't proud to admit he might have snuck a glance down her body and Fuck what a body it was.

As he snuck his quick glance looked down her body he noted a few things.

She was fit with what looked like round full breasts covered by a leather sleeveless jerkin that showed off her muscular arms.

His gaze traveled quickly down her slim waist to her wide hips that had plenty of padding which were contained in a pair of leather leggings that held her pleasantly plump thighs and almost equally plump calves.

A more primal part of his brain bet money she had an amazing ass.

Cade physically shook his whole body and thought of naked grandmas to refocus on the proven killer in front of him, evidenced by the bodies he had removed from her injured body and the inch long claws her deceptively dainty hands were sporting.

"Why am is still alive mind mage?" The mysterious panther woman asked.

Cade shook his head to answer her question.

While in Kaz's memories he had gleaned some information about how magic worked in this world through Kaz's magic training with Rista.

Though he had skipped over A LOT of their training which generally began and ended with Rista banging Kaz's brains out.

Cade wasn't sure what to call what he was, his abilities were similar to pretty much every mage type he had learned about through his viewing of Kaz's training.

What he did figure out for himself was that he could use his power to manipulate molecules and the atoms they were made of.

The difference between him and a mind mage he believed was the scope of ability.

He could just do more overall, actually being able to physically alter someone's brain instead of inducing feelings and the such.

"We can discuss more about what I am after we figure out who YOU are and why I should finish saving you" he said with a neutral expression not wanting to give anything of himself away to the potential enemy in front of him.

He was not ashamed to admit he found the confusion on her pretty face cute.

Finding himself distracted again by the beautiful woman, he got himself under control reminding himself a pretty face wasn't all that was important.

A stab of grief went through him as he remembered his Tony, beautiful in and out.

Squashing that feeling down he looked again at the alluring cat woman, his gaze hard, he didn't want to mar his dead wife's memory with what he might find in this woman's mind.

He decided to lay out the deal with the cat lady.

"Mind mage or not you are near death and clearly dangerous, I'm going to look through your memories and see if you are worth saving, don't give me a reason to cut this short by fighting back, sound good?"

"Good, let us begin."

He finished the statement by diving into the woman's memories.

The panther woman began to say something which he ignored as he began his task.

A whole new world

Mina's mouth gaped open as the mysterious man who had stormed into her mind disappeared before she could get a word out.

Crossing her arms over her chest Mina stared at the space he had left with an irritated expression.

"Might as well do some looking of my own."

With a thought, she sent her two infiltrators to work stalking past the unfamiliar buildings of the stranger's mind.

A chuckle escaped her as she found her caution unneeded as she found no shield or barrier in the tall dark man's mind.

With no shield or guardians to worry about Mina entered the man's mind and stared wide-eyed at what she assumed was his home.

The building was similar to a few she had seen in her travels, though the materials that composed it were unlike any other she had seen before.

The white sides of the building were made of some sort of flexible overlapping material that had impressions of wood.

As she walked around to the entrance she looked into the large windows.

The layout and furnishings gave her a moment of confusion that was only matched by her increasing curiosity about the man.

As she reached the black door of the home she turned the knob and pushed the door slowly inwards, her senses on alert for a trap or attack.

She released the breath she had been holding after a few moments with no traps sprung or attacks directed at her.

As she stood in the doorway Mina lamented the loss of her short swords for a moment, the blades had been left behind in the rush to escape Rista's grip.

Padding lightly into the house she began her exploration of the intriguing man's mind.

Laughing uproariously at Cade's