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

The ten deposits all together amounted to a quarter of the side of their soon-to-be flying home.

"Ah, my mithril has arrived, if you two beauties will give me a moment I will get us on our way."

"Is that the deposit you were talking about my Cade?" Mina asked pointing to the largest deposit that hovered in front of them.

A laugh escaped him as his mind failed to find a way to describe how much smaller these chunks of metal were than the mountain he intended to use to create their mining empire.

Trying and failing to summon up an apt comparison, he got to work creating their water tanks before he replied.

"No my pretty kitty these deposits while large are so insignificant in comparison to the one we will be making our fortune on I'm not sure I could make a comparison that you would understand. I myself am still blown away by the amount of mithril it contains and I have seen it for myself in a way."

Finishing his explanation in a light tone he hoped his dismissal didn't insult Mina or Sabine's intelligence but he truly was unable to make a comparison that made sense.

If they were next to a mountain he might be able to make an example by setting a small rock next to it, but on the river where they were, he feared the idea would fall flat.

Shaking his head he offered his mates a wane smile promising himself he would find a way to explain better next time, he focused on the task at hand as he molded the largest deposit into six sheets that would protect his home and provide his hot water.

He fused the largest sheets of the metal to the roof and foundation adding another foot of material to the bottom and top of their home.

The additions were a foot thick with deep but thin valleys in them to provide an extra heat sink the water that flowed through them might not be able to handle.

As he finished fusing the roof and foundation pieces to the existing wooden structure and did the same for the far thinner wall covers.

Finishing his plumbing was an easy task, the pumps already built and the piping just needing to be connected to the storage tanks now.

Thinking about the septic tank he shivered in revulsion, he felt sorry for anyone below them when they emptied it.

The shining house was a little gaudy for his tastes but it would protect them and get them where they needed to go.

He quickly threw the idea of painting their floating home at his mates and was glad they felt the same.

"Glad that's done. Now let's get this show on the road."

As Cade finished his declaration he wished he had a bottle of wine to smash on their homes reflective wall.

Shrugging to himself he started the pumps cycling water through his heat sinks and created his house-sized platform and attached it to the new mithril foundation.

Crossing his fingers, he tied the whole of the foundation to the platform spell and lifted their home.

A whoop of joy left him when the heat he had feared would boil the water left on the foundation was only steaming the water slowly away.

Feeling the rate of material the platform was using Cade estimated it would last a very very long time before he had to add new metal.

He cautiously knelt and placed his hand on the mirrored surface of the foundation, a hair-trigger on his healing.

The surface was hot, stingily so but all he was left with was redness on his palm as he quickly removed his hand.

"Well, ladies there we go, all ready to go and wipe out a slave camp."

Mina for her part was smiling from ear to ear at her mate's accomplishment.

Sabine was bouncing in place perplexing Cade for a second till he realized the motion was similar to someone excitedly bouncing on their feet.

Her actions confirmed his assumption as she squealed and launched herself at him, almost taking them both over the railing into the water.

"Isn't our mate the best Mina, I can't wait to see the faces of those...asshoes?" Sabine said proudly as she looked up at her mate, her eyes searching his for confirmation on her choice of words.

"Assholes my little snake, assholes is the word you are looking for. Though asshoes isn't a bad way to describe them either."

Cade's battle with his laughter ended after he corrected Sabine, laughing hard at her description of the asshoes they were going to wipe out shortly.

"Yes assholes, I can't wait to see their faces before we kill them all." Sabine finished, her change from sweet to bloodthirsty looking cute to him, even though he knew she meant every word.

"There is one more thing I need to check but we can take care of that on the way there," Cade said before he placed a kiss on Sabine's brow to let her know he wanted to be released.

Sabine smiled up at him as she set him on the porch.

"Damn that little woman was strong." He thought to himself.

"What do you need to check my Cade, I thought you said we were ready to go?" Mina asked as she walked over to get a peck of her own, but on her lips.

"We need to make sure the hot and cold water still works is all, now everyone inside it might get a little windy out here," he answered as he motioned towards the door and followed his mates inside.

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