“I need more mana. Or faster regen.” Mallory’s gaze was momentarily drawn to the plain, silver bracelet she wore. The extra one mana regen it gave her every fifteen seconds wasn’t enough. Nor the extra one mana regen every ten seconds that the ring gave her. “What are we going to do?” Ninette asked. Emica glanced around the area. “We’re in a forest. Foxes aren’t out of place here.” She’d barely finished speaking when she changed forms, dashing off through the undergrowth beside the narrow path. Mallory stared in the direction Emica had taken. “Should we go after her?” “I can go after her.” Jorgen shifted into his crystalline wolf form. Before Jorgen could follow Emica, Esben stepped in front of him. “No you don’t. We aren’t common around here. If it was snowy country, then it’d make s

