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became a major impediment to my plans. He and Helen Pierce ruined years of painstaking drudgery. I was finally on the verge of accomplishing greatness and they stole it from me!” Myles clenched his fists with fury. Ernest blinked with surprise and took an involuntary step back. “You can see why I resent those two for their misdeeds against me.”
    “Well, yes, I do. Why didn’t you report them to the police?”
    Myles was stunned speechless for several seconds. Then APU 81 realized the human sheriff had mistakenly surmised that Mark and Helen had stolen his ideas and research. It was an understandable error based on the description of events.
    “Believe me, I did.” The lie rolled easily off Myles’s tongue. “Unfortunately, they got away with their crimes against me. And because of what they’ve done, I’m going to make them pay dearly. I will make their lives a living hell.”
    “It might be a good idea if you try not to dwell on it,” Ernest advised.
    “Have you ever heard of the expression ‘Whatever doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger?’ Well, sometimes it’s true.” Myles’s lips formed a cruel smile. “But it doesn’t change the fact that I’m going to ruin them. I’m going to kill Josephine O’Connor. And when Mark is wallowing in his grief and despair, he’ll discover his white magic failing him and that’s when he’ll need it the most.”
    “I’ve seen Josephine on the news. She’s one of the heroes that saved us from the Valituras!” Ernest exclaimed.
    He activated his protection enchantments and aimed his wand at Myles. A smug and sinister laugh exploded from Myles as if the sheriff had just told him the funniest joke imaginable.
    “You’re under arrest,” Ernest said. “Put your hands behind your head.”
    Myles continued to laugh as he raised his personal shield. Ernest fired a powerful telekinetic wave that smashed against the powerful protection.
    “You’ve seriously underestimated me, human.” Myles’s eyes gleamed with anticipation.
    Myles summoned a powerful stream of terramezic energy and created a swirling mass of fire that tore at Ernest’s protection. The thick, heavy flames continued to beat at the sheriff’s shield. Ernest unleashed another powerful wave of telekinesis from his wand which smashed against Myles’s protection but didn’t even come close to breaking it. The sheriff activated his backup protection with haste as his primary protection began to fail. The thick spinning mass of flames was like a small tornado. In mere seconds, Ernest’s shields failed altogether and his body was ablaze. He died almost instantly and his corpse hit the ground. Myles ceased the attack and all that was left of Ernest was a smoldering, blackened skeleton. The grass had caught fire in a circular shape around the body. Myles held his right hand out and used mainstream magic to issue a stream of water from his palm to extinguish the flames.
    He strode back to his former position near the crystal cubes and resumed his work. It wouldn’t take much longer to restore this facility. The silvery glow of the NPX regeneration units reflected in Myles’s brown eyes as he focused on restoring the ancient and powerful structure beneath his feet.

 
     
    Chapter 4
     
    Mark was seated at a booth next to the window at Triple Play Burgers leafing through a French novel as he waited for Maggie and Virginia to arrive. A smattering of customers were seated at various tables and booths. The heavenly scent of freshly grilled burgers wafted in the air. Classic rock and roll played in the background but not loud enough to discourage conversation. Mark looked up and offered a friendly smile as his sister strode over and slid into the seat across from him. Maggie was a beautiful young woman with the same sultry brown eyes, aquiline nose, long lashes, full lips and silky black hair as her brother.
    “Hey, sis.” Mark set the book aside.
    Maggie’s expression was wistful. “I wish I was