Description

Cassie is a magician with real magic. Some might call her a witch, but their idea of what that means is not anything like what she does. Anything technology might do, magic can do. Even tech that has not gotten invented as yet.

The illusion licenses true magicians to practice magic. Each county in New Hampshire has a single illusion and Cassie runs the Hillsborough County one. She teaches Computer Science at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester.

Someone uses magic to rob banks. They broke illusion and human laws in doing so. Cassie and her team of investigators have to track the criminal down before the humans discover magic really exists.

This short story is for the Low Fantasy May 2022 challenge. Based on these prompts:

3. Do not be silent. Raise your voice. Be a light in the dark.

5. I don't think we know what kind of enemy we are really dealing with.

10. Just remember who you are. Don't let the world change you into someone else. That's the best advice anyone can give you.