CHAPTER 3
“Hex!” I jolted up. Every limb in me shaking. My right hand clutched my left arm. Something stung me. The pain, which was too real to be a dream, was so sharp it woke me up.
It was a dark moonless night. I knew I was in my room, but what had happened? Why am I in pain?
Panting, I wielded three balls of purple flame and lit the room around me. There was no-one there that could have attacked me. I could sense no magic. There was nothing that could’ve caused the pain. I looked down at my left arm and my hand. Bubbles! My fingers were covered in electric sparks.
Did I hurt myself? My mind immediately recalled the day at the factory and how a sharp pain also hit the same arm. I thought it happened because I had spent all day casting that steam spell.
I stretched my left arm and m
