Chapter Eight
"NO!" I screamed, my eyes snapping open and my hand grasping at my neck, trying to loosen the hold the dream had on me.
Scuffling outside increased my panic as I tried to work out where I was and how I'd gotten here. Memories of the night before slowly made themselves known but I still couldn't work out what the scuffling was and what it would mean to me.
Reaching within me, I let out a sigh of relief when I found a tiny spark of magic inside. Summoning it up, I held it in my hands without quite letting it get to the surface. If I could help it, I didn't want to use it. Magic was rare enough for me these days. Even so, I could feel the urge for it to let go and fill the air with a show of power. Despite the situation, I wanted to roll my eyes. Magic sometimes had a mind o
