A/N: I am not ashamed of leaving that cliffhanger for a little while longer but I don't know when I'll get to post again, so I'm getting as much done as I can.
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She met my eyes as she gasped, and I knew that something was wrong. A painful lurch shocked me, and her necklace began to glow.
To untrained eyes, it looked like the fire was just reflecting off the stone, but when I flickered my gaze to Grace, she too looked shocked and confused.
Pigeon's hand lost control, and her body tipped backward, her muscles giving in to whatever Caster magic was tormenting her. As her knees crumpled, her eyes rolled back in her head.
I didn't want to pull on her, she was so small compared to me, but behind her was the fire, and that would be where she fell if
