The hole that opened was jagged and a little shaky, but it held. Xen went through first, then Daria and I walked through together, her arms still around me.
I sagged against her as we emerged, more or less in the spot I’d aimed for. “That makes no sense,” Daria said. “You didn’t…” She was frowning as she turned me to face her. “That wasn’t my spell.”
“Yes, it was.” I was confused. “What do you mean?”
“I’ve never seen that.”
I shook my head. “I just followed the lead you left in your notes.”
“What combination of words ended up working?”
That was about when I realized what she was getting at. Just like when I’d gotten us out of that camp, I didn’t use any words. Just pulled magic from my center and shot it out of the stone toward my intended target. “The first time I got it to work I u
