Sufficiently Advanced Magic (Arcane Ascension, #1)

by Andrew Rowe

“You wouldn’t happen to have any way of protecting us, would you?” She snorted. “Duck and hide, kid. Duck and hide.”

There is no fencing term I’m aware of for drawing a pistol and shooting your opponent in the face, but that was what it felt like when I heard his final words.

It meant I could focus on more important priorities, like not dying. That was one of my favorite hobbies.

So, I wasn’t afraid of the dark exactly, but I admit I was more than a little concerned.

Figures that I’d be disqualified for the amazing sounding secret society at the same time I found out about their existence.

If anything goes wrong, just give us the signal.” I frowned. “What signal?” “Scream loudly.”