Excerpt: FIRST PASSAGE by Morgan Fitzgerald-Lorah
“I can’texactly stay in one place very long right now.”
“Do you knowyour blood type?” Bailey changed the topic.
“No, Idon’t. Why?”
“Let me testit. I know you don’t like the idea, but you’ll probably be back over that hand.If something were to happen, such as hemorrhaging during surgery, it would bebetter for me to have that info already.”
Nathan’sstomach turned with nausea, but the more logical part of him knew he shouldkeep his options open. Though he would try to make the Red Magician keep hisword, he doubted he could trust the psycho to fix his hand.
“Go aheadand test it,” Nathan said.
Baileypricked Nathan’s hand with a short needle. He then stuck the drop of blood intoa small machine. “Well, shit,” Bailey said after several minutes.
“What’swrong?” Nathan straightened his posture in concern.
“You’re amagic user. And I’ve not seen your blood type before.”
“Thatdoesn’t make sense. There’re only so many types.” Nathan never heard of such athing, not even from Grant.
Bailey metNathan’s frightened gaze. “Among the scientific community, but not publicly,there’s been reports of magic users having different proteins in both theirblood and nervous systems. It can vary between individuals but is suspected todo with the kind of magic they use. Perhaps to protect the body from suchpotent energies running through it. There may be other less known differencesin their biology, too,” Bailey said.
Nathan fellsilent so he could fully absorb this information.
After amoment, he spoke again. “So, how do you know this?”
The corner of Bailey’s mouthtwitched as he stepped away from Nathan. “You’re better off keeping out ofothers’ business. Deal with your own problems first.”
