A gasp punched air into her lungs.
“No!” Maggie screamed. The sound bounced off the wall a few inches in front of her face.
She pushed against the glowing wall, struggling to break free from the sheet that bound her limbs.
With a squeal, she fell out of bed, cracking her shoulder on the floor.
A person yelped behind her.
“Stay away from me.” Maggie kicked free from the sheets and rolled to face the door.
“I won’t touch you.” A boy stood by the door, back plastered to the wall. “Just please stop flinging your limbs about.”
“Flinging my limbs about?” Maggie tossed the sheet onto the bed and leapt to her feet.
“You need to be more deliberate with your movements,” the boy said. “I’ve only come to bring you to breakfast.”
Maggie yanked on her boots. “I had a chair against the door. How
