Sophie's
doctoral thesis stated magic was a psychosomatic phenomenon. Few took her
seriously--she had a family reputation for strangeness and pointed ears to live
down. In her research, she ran into Kevyn at a science fiction convention. When
strange things happened, she slowly realized that she wasn't going
insane--magic was real.
Kevyn
was a Fae trying to avoid family traditions. He lived on the run in the Human
realms, making his living as a day actor, staying under the radar. On an acting
gig at a convention, he met up with Sophie and realized that she could not only
see through his magic, she had magic.
When
Hunters showed up to drag Kevyn home and make him become an Advocate, he let
Sophie capture him and take him home for research, thereby rescuing him from a
fate worse than death -- respectability and responsibility. Somewhere along the
way, the lines between researcher and lab rat became blurred, then switched
places, and the two of them discovered a magic of their own, and rescued each
other.
Description:
Sophie's doctoral thesis stated magic was a psychosomatic phenomenon. Few took her seriously--she had a family reputation for strangeness and pointed ears to live down. In her research, she ran into Kevyn at a science fiction convention. When strange things happened, she slowly realized that she wasn't going insane--magic was real.
Kevyn was a Fae trying to avoid family traditions. He lived on the run in the Human realms, making his living as a day actor, staying under the radar. On an acting gig at a convention, he met up with Sophie and realized that she could not only see through his magic, she had magic.
When Hunters showed up to drag Kevyn home and make him become an Advocate, he let Sophie capture him and take him home for research, thereby rescuing him from a fate worse than death -- respectability and responsibility. Somewhere along the way, the lines between researcher and lab rat became blurred, then switched places, and the two of them discovered a magic of their own, and rescued each other.