We left the cell to find everyone outside waiting for us. Sun was drenched and had stripped down to a slip that clung to her skin. Bellamy had a sympathetic look on her face. They all knew what we’d done. I held Renata’s last message over my heart. I wouldn’t let anything happen to it.
Part of using my air magic on it was sealing the bottle completely, the other was providing an air cushion for it, so it wouldn’t shatter if it fell. My mission was protecting her last words.
“I’m sorry, Jen. I thought he could heal her.” Val said quietly.
“You’re still a young witch, still learning about the limits of magic. The things the rest of us learned as children. I’m not mad, Val, or upset with you. All the wounds you’ve seen healed before have been ones that weren’t fatal, or would be fatal if
