Chapter 9
I SHRUGGED. “I’VE NEVER tested my magic, so I have no idea where on the scale I would be,” I said. “My mother never thought I was good enough.”
I added that because it was true. It was something I didn’t have to lie about.
She sat forward again. “Well, if we are to get you a job, or a place in our society, you will have to be tested and ranked,” she said.
I swallowed hard and tried to hide my discomfort. Alison had never mentioned that. Did she happen to forget, or was this something new? Something put into place after she had left the Magic Realm.
Or had she not told me on purpose? I didn’t want to make any assumptions, but my body tingled with warning. I didn’t like it. I didn’t want to be tested or ranked.
But I also couldn’t let Mallory know this. If she wanted me to ge
