~ The Binding Laws, 10:12
Once Keriya had exorcised valemagic from the dragons, she’d thought the war would be won. The dragons were now free to use their lightmagic, and she had absorbed their power.
Yet still she could not wield it.
Khyvette dodged the attack of a pitch-black wyvern. The draconid, though smaller than its dragon cousins, was no less vicious. It released a guttural cry, its talons thirsting for Keriya and Fletcher.
Khyvette opened her mouth to spit lightmagic at her opponent. Her eyes went wide and she snapped her jaws shut. She put on a burst of speed to evade the wyvern instead.
“What’s wrong?” called Fletcher.
“I can’t wield,” Khyvette panted.
Keriya and Fletcher exchanged glances.
“Nor can I,” Danisan whispered beside them, his ears aquiver with nerves.
So it’
