Chapter 20Whoever the man was, he was clearly an important person in Brinley’s life, and he controlled power. If Jack hadn’t learned about magic in the world, he didn’t know what he might imagine right now, for something made the air shimmer. Shocked to realise he did so, he reached out, as though to connect with the…vibration. No other word was adequate. Jack made fists and forced his hands to his sides. This was like standing in a lightning storm. He expected his hair to lift in a spectral wind at any moment.
Wait. Did he sense the same thing when he stepped into the room? No. Not this strong. It manifested when Brinley argued, when the other man challenged Brinley’s allow. What went on here? The man came from this Gifted community—Jack discovered that much from the snippets of conversa
