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Zachary could feel the magic surging through his arms, but nothing was happening to the map they were pointed at so his hands just pulsed with the undirected energy until they started to burn and he hissed pulling his arms back to give it a rest.
“Damn it,” he hissed ruffling his hair and shutting his eyes tightly in frustration. As his hands ran down to his face, he had to pull away because they felt unnaturally hot against his skin.
“Still nothing?” Kevin asked.
“Yeah. I can’t figure out what is.”
Zachary stared at his palms, the blue and red bruises made it look like they should hurt but after trying to get the spell to work for hours on end every day he had gotten used to the feeling of his veins basically bursting in his hands and now just watched as the colours subsided wh
