Finally, Ace sat to my right, leaning in until his shoulder pressed against mine as he wrapped his hand around my upper arm. His magic felt like velvet and secrets, a dark, liquid weight that seemed to fill the gaps between the others. “Now,” Greyson murmured. The world didn’t explode. It didn’t even flicker. Instead, it was as if someone had suddenly turned up the volume on the entire universe. A gasp escaped my lips as the first wave hit me, but it wasn’t a violent blast like yesterday. It was a slow, deliberate crawl of power. Raiden’s heat rushed up my spine while Nate’s rhythm surged through my palms, all while Greyson’s ice settled in my marrow and Ace’s shadows wrapped around my thoughts. “It’s too much,” I gasped, my head falling back against Raiden’s shoulder. “I can’t…I can’t

