*** Aaric stared down at the woman before him who was still unconscious from the night before. He couldn’t help the worry that filled him despite the assurances he had been provided by the twins who were sleeping a few feet away. The two had clocked out cold as soon as they had concluded setting up the Magic restoration circle that pulsed underneath the three mages as they rested. Each of the circles possessed rubies from Allegra’s crown which only had two left now. Karin and Tristan had tried to explain away Allegra’s lack of consciousness as her body shutting down to restore its magical reserves as much as possible but Aaric knew something they didn’t. He held a silent secret that would have made the Noble Mages worry more if they were in his shoes. Dark Energy, especially that which th
