But Luz obviously understood. Her body went stiff, even as she gave an almost imperceptible shake of her head, as though she didn’t want to acknowledge what Jack had just said. Her hands knotted together in her lap as she twisted the gold wedding band on her ring finger. “A null,” she said, in a clear, precise voice, as if discussing the topic in a nuts-and-bolts fashion would make it a little less difficult to deal with, “is a witch or a warlock whose talent is suppressing all other magic around them. It’s very likely that both Simón and Beatriz did try to defend themselves, but were unsuccessful because the null’s gift — if you can call it that — canceled them out.”
“A null is powerful enough to defeat even a prima’s magic?” Alex asked, his tone clearly skeptical.
“Oh, yes,” Jack said.
