Toria blinked through the wooziness as the blood rushed back out of her head. From her limited perspective, it appeared that the men had deposited her in a ritual circle created by tiles inlaid in the marble floor. Limani’s mage school contained a similar workroom, but these tiles looked to be made of precious minerals rather than enameled metal.
Wick gestured again. With an audible crackle, the immobility spell disappeared.
Toria launched herself off the ground, ignoring the protests from her head, stomach, and aching tailbone. She could disable Wick before she could reset the immobility spell—
Toria bounced off the shielding set at the edge of the ritual circle as brilliant sapphire light flashed through the room. The shock launched her back, and she slid across the marble floor until
