"What the-how can you be out of power? Like you're exhausted?" I didn't know much about magic. Maybe she had tired herself out trying to get out of the leyline while I was with Jacques. A shiver rolls through me thinking of him."Later," she rushes out, pointing to the gleaming thread of light. "Ope
I can't believe we're leaving Jacques behind and outnumbered. My heart feels like its ripping from my chest. If I have magic, like everyone at the Academy and even Gwen here thinks, then I have to be able to do something. Save him."Stop." I jerk against her hold."Oh no you don't." She tightens her
"Don't." She pants like she struggling.My power surges forward and a boom vibrates along the ground.She curses, pushing down my on shoulders. "Stay down and be still."That tugging jerk prickles along my arms and legs. "No!"My magic rips forward, knocking her off me. I roll to a stand. Ready to f
Murmurs rise from around me."She's the one that Zane wants," a male voice says."What about the other one?" another asks."Don't touch me or I'll fry you until there's nothing left for even the afterlife to play with," Gwen shouts."Bring her along too.""What about the wraith, it's going to kill h
It wasn't a bear or me that killed my parents, but a wraith like this one. I have magic. I can blast through this thing like I did before.My power pulses with the beat of my heart. It lashes out like a whip.The vampire ghosts around us scream. Their souls twist into nothing. The wraith shrieks. I
Gwen left me. The backstabbing bully took off and now I'm stuck here in the leyline. Stupid, stupid, stupid. When will I learn not to trust a bully? They never change.A coldness snaps around me. I shiver, wrapping my arms around myself. There has to be another way out of here.Maybe I can reopen th
* * *"Brene," Jacques's voice is like a balm to my pain and I hold onto the rich, accent of his words like a lifeline. "Angelic is with me.""What happened?" Angelic asks. "Why is your magic backfiring?""I-I don't know." I sob when another wave hits me. "Wraith tried to drain me a-and I fought bac
The nurse makes me drink vile potions and speaks magical languages over me until the pain subsides and I fall into sleep.I don't know how much time has passed before I wake up alone and dripping with sweat under a thin blanket. When I sit up, my head pounds, but I'm not wasted like before.Gwen.I