Chapter 22:
Helena felt her body being shaken. “You should be dead now, little girl.” It was Ludmila’s voice, and she sounded sore.
“I don’t understand,” she heard herself mumble.
“Sister dear, let’s not kill her as well. We still need her.”
Helena rolled her head to the new voice. It was Alexei. “Yes, listen to him… you still need me.”
Ludmila picked her up and set her into one of the few remaining pieces of intact furniture. “What just happened is impossible. There is no magic that can do that.”
Helena regained the focus and function of her mind and body. “What did you do? How did that happen?”
Alexei stood between Helena and Ludmila. “We did nothing. We assumed you did the… thing.”
“What thing?”
“You made everything fall apart. You did the impossible. Magic can’t control techno
