Chapter 17
IT HAD TAKEN Jack two days to get up the nerve to venture back to Whitstable to put the last piece of his plan in place. He was afraid to do any magic at all for fear of hurting of Katrina.
After a day of not using his magic at all, he inadvertently used it just to move some things around in his rooms. He’d only realized what he was doing after he’d done it—magic was such an integral part of him he hardly even realized he was using it. The fact that he hadn’t heard anything from either Katrina or her cousin relieved his mind. He figured that it was only when he misused his magic that Katrina was hurt, not just when he used it for anything—either that or Vallentyn had lied, but he just couldn’t see the high priest doing such a thing.
Jack just wished he knew where the line was
