“Blair did,” I reminded her, my voice icy.
“Blair’s the one who deserves punishment!” Morgana snapped. “She’s the reason Mia is the way she is today.”
“Oh, I’ll be having words with Blair when I see her again,” I said darkly. “But right now? Step aside.”
“I can’t do that,” Morgana replied, planting herself in front of Mia.
Mia wasted no time. She fired a blast of energy at me, but I conjured a wall of ice, reflecting the attack so it ricocheted wildly around the chamber. The air sizzled with crackling magic until I finally dropped the shield.
Fire ignited in my palms, twin orbs of blazing heat swirling faster and faster as I twisted my hands. When the flames fused into one searing mass, I hurled it straight at Mia with every ounce of force I had.
She ducked at the very last second, a
