“Noooo…,” Cassie screamed as she lunged forward.
The field went berserk.
Lucas's yell had sliced through the air like a blade, and then vanished into silence.
The ritual circle glowed brightly, too brightly and then vanished. The light that was meant to burn brighter dimmed and died.
Lucas gazed at his hands, blood oozing from the new cuts Jamie had made in them.
Jamie's face was paler than bone. "What's going on?"
The air itself lost its enchantment. The electric energy which had made all their skin tingle just a few seconds ago vanished entirely.
Daisy's incantation stalled in mid-word, her voice breaking.
"This is not right." Daisy panicked as her eyes flew wide open. She gazed back at the dying circle, at Jamie's bleeding hands. "It's not your bloodline. " Magic will not ta
