Lucius nodded his head to tell me I was right. There were no doors to escape this round as I didn't want to leave the barrier through the window. And the exit was full of people, wondering if I really did have enough mana to charge the teleportation gate.
I slumped onto the bed, squeezing my eyes shut, wondering how they were going to measure how much mana I had. The bed wobbled as someone came to lay down on the bed beside me. Unexpectedly, Luke's familiar hand, held onto mine as he shot a little arrow of his own mana into my body. In return, a river full of my mana came crashing into him, making him shoot up beside me, full of energy.
He abruptly sat up in surprise as I opened my eyes, hoping it was over. He stared at my face, wondering how I had this much mana left. So this was how th
