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Anubis Nights
Book: Anubis Nights Read Online Free
Author: Gary Jonas
Tags: Urban Fantasy
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hadn’t just unleashed a load of shit that hung in the air right above my Firebird. And I’d just washed the car. I flipped the bird to the bird.
    An old man dressed in a vintage suit and tie stood on the sidewalk next to the dojo with one hand out, his eyes fixed on the gold pocket watch in his right hand. Sharon stopped beside him and turned to look at me. I still had my middle finger extended to the damn bird.
    “What’s all this, then?” I asked, turning toward Sharon.
    The old man slowly turned his head, but nobody else was moving. “Are you certain you wish to place everyone’s fate in the hands of an insolent human?” he asked. He spoke with a slight British accent. His looked me up and down as if he were taking my measure and judging me unworthy.
    “This insolent human can hear you,” I said.
    “He’s perfectly balanced,” Sharon said. “Light magic, dark magic, it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t affect him. He is exactly what we need.”
    “You are gambling with history, Charon.”
    “And I need your approval to move forward. Everyone else is on board.”
    “Hmm,” he said.
    “He doesn’t approve,” I said. “Why did you betray me?”
    “I didn’t betray you, Jonathan. Now be quiet. The grown-ups are talking.”
    “Is that supposed to be an insult?” I asked. “Because I live in a world where people worship youth.”
    “Oh, do shut up,” the old man said.
    “Jolly good,” I said mimicking his accent. “But as an insolent human, shutting up would be bloody impossible.”
    He ignored me and addressed Sharon. “I shall test him.”
    “Please do,” Sharon said.
    “No long division,” I said rubbing my chin. “And steer clear of fractions too.”
    The old man approached me, and I met his gaze. Those people who always say things like he was an old soul never looked into this man’s eyes. He was ancient, and new, and . . . well, timeless. He looked as if he knew the answer to the riddle of the universe and could tell you what the question was and why the answer was forty-two. He reached out with his left hand and gripped my shoulder. His right hand still held that pocket watch. I glanced at the face of the watch, and it appeared to open up on the universe like those images the Hubble telescope sent back when the scientists pointed it at the darkest part of the sky only to see thousands more galaxies hurtling away from us, each filled with billions of stars. I had to pull my gaze away because I felt I could fall into that watch and be lost forever.
    The old man’s lips tightened, and his eyes narrowed as he kept hold of my shoulder.
    “If you’re trying to do the Vulcan nerve pinch, it’s a little to the left,” I said.
    He ignored my comment, released me, and turned to Sharon. He gave her a single nod. “I am satisfied that he is perfectly balanced, but that means many other things beyond being immune to direct magic. It also means he can’t call forth any magic himself. Winslow can’t be defeated without magic.”
    “Jonathan is resourceful. He’ll find a way. But you’re the only one who can make this happen.”
    “So is time stopped only here, or is it stopped everywhere?” I asked.
    “You aren’t helping,” Sharon said to me with a glare.
    “Just trying to understand some thing.”
    “Be quiet.”
    “If you wanted me to be quiet, you should have frozen me in time too.”
    The old man whirled around to face me. He shoved me against the wall with his left hand, and the guy was a lot stronger than I expected. He got up in my face. “We are currently outside of time, but still on this plane of existence. As I used magic to freeze everyone, it did not work on you. As you can tell, however, I can still do things to you physically.”
    “So I’m outside of time?”
    He rolled his eyes. “No. You are within time, though it is frozen around you.”
    “That doesn’t make any sense.”
    “The point is that I can’t send you where you need to be, so while you’re
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