I hadn’t been able to feel my magic since I arrived back at the palace, hadn’t been able to find it no matter how hard I begged it to return, but I could feel power within me now, a violent storm churning and thundering beneath my skin. My vision blurred, the world a dizzying whirlpool of light and darkness. It was frenzied and out of my control, and I realized that this wasn’t my magic at all. It belonged to another, and when it finally cleared, when I felt as if I could breathe again, I saw with horror what I had done. The guard lay slumped against the far wall, his body unnaturally still,
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