32 My mouth fell open, and I gave him a frantic gaze. Raum seemed even more baffled than me. “What?” I asked, hoping that he wouldn’t flat-out tell Raum I spilled the beans. “I said, you’re no longer welcome at Voxomancy.” Piers looked at Raum, and back at me. “I’m not a f*****g i***t, you know? It’s obvious Kay is not a voxomancer. First-year voxomancers who hadn’t even known they had magic can’t just fling vampires through iron gates like that. And before that, with the other vampire incident, and I’ve noticed that you, Raum, seem particularly interested in her, always somewhere near...” Nobody said a thing, and the tension was thick. I was afraid Raum would decide to murder both Piers at me at that very moment. “Raum, you needed to teach your underling here to control your power. I

