I ran back to Mel's office. "How? I thought he was safely tucked away in his little prison?"
"Everyone left Satinka's mansion to respond to all the disturbances in the area. Somehow in the confusion, no guards stayed to watch over Galen. Now he's gone, but the room is still sealed tight. Nothing shows up on the cameras. One minute he's in the room, next minute, poof, he's gone."
I sank into a chair; my heart pounded so fast it threatened to jump right out of my chest. I knew something was wrong, something was bad, really bad but I couldn't sort through the fog to see it. "Mel, have you had any luck removing the layers of binding spells on me?"
"Oh, yeah, about that, um, no, but I do have something to tell you. I traced the magick of the last couple of spells put on you. They have the
