The guy wore a smirk as he clicked his tongue. "Time is running out and you'll pass out in a few seconds if you don't have air. Which, means you'd fail the test, by the way."
I felt like my eyes were bulging out from lack of oxygen and the fact this creep was a professor? No freaking way. And I was supposed to break his spell? I couldn't even breathe.
"Come now, Zoey, you're on a ley line. Enhance your power, break through."
My mouth formed the word, what, but it came out a squeak.
"You do remember that part of the test? You had a nearly perfect answer. Word for word what the textbook says."
I fell to my knees, clawing at my throat, desperate for air as spots danced before my eyes.
His sigh rang through my ears, then a pop sounded. I gasped in a breath, coughing and hacking as the ai
