Chapter 28
Dane’s understanding of the situation had been coming and going, until Sean stepped far enough away from him. He pushed himself as hard as he could to remain focused enough to not get dragged off into mental blankness, to ignore the weird sensations the magic buildup in the room was giving him. There seemed to be no floor beneath him but he couldn’t worry about that when Sean was being forced into the magic well, being mocked.
When Dane realized they wanted to see if Sean would die, he shouted Sean’s name, received a kick from Simmonds. And then Sean was reaching out with both hands, and something ceramic cracked loudly.
Everyone started moving and swearing at once. Simmonds dashed forward, gun trained on Sean, who shoved his hands up into the air. Dane pulled himself forward
