Chapter 22
From a long way off, Ben heard Isika’s music suddenly change, so he broke into a run, searching for her. It grew poisonous, then soft and like her again, and he realized she had performed a healing. A big one. Her music was wispy and pale, as though she was barely alive. He ran faster.
He found her with the healer Asafar in his tent. Asafar look completely well, while Isika lay curled on the floor of the tent.
“Wow,” Ben breathed, taking in the size and scope of what his sister had just done.
Asafar looked at him and nodded.
“What do we do?” Ben asked. “She’s normally okay after some sleep, but this time her music is weak, too weak.”
“The magic grows angrier,” Asafar murmured. “It fights her in a different way, targeting her as though it has instructions to hurt her if it
