‘She used our magic against me, just now, outside the door. She made me think about biting you and how she hates me!’ Dwalia transferred her angry gaze to me. ‘That’s not possible.’ ‘She did it! She stole magic and that’s why I can’t make her do what you want.’ He drew in a deep breath, a tattling child on the verge of tears. I stared hate at him and he recoiled. ‘She’s doing it now!’ he wailed and threw up his hands before his face as if they could stem the flow of what I felt for him.
