He reached above his head and I could feel the echo of his magic in the water that surrounded us as it slowly slid back, drawing off of my flesh and his until we were left standing on the sandy bottom of the lake in a wide bubble of air. I tilted my head back, my lips parting in awe at the raw, unbridled power of his magic as he made this immense magic look as easy as trapping a Faefly in a jar. And those pesky insects were tricky enough. “Well aren’t you just a bucket full of party tricks,” I breathed, my gaze hooked on the orb of water which shimmered above our heads. “You don’t know the
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