Captured by the Magi (Exemplar Hall #1)

by J.L. Madore

My heart pounds inside my ribs and squeezes my heart.

Maybe she has two hearts?

I’m over six feet tall but feel delicate as his arms curl around my shoulders in a protective embrace.

No, she's not. She's close to 5'11", as by this previous description: "He’s five foot ten—a solid half-foot shorter than Wyatt and me".

“The three classes of magi are transformative, mythical, and altered. The magik to be wielded can be physical, psychic, or natural. And the way to build our magik is based on taking, trading, or absorbing.”

it’s the thing that gives me piece of mind.”

Peace

Despite there being no vials, there are a dozen ropes with repelling harnesses.

Rappelling

I heave to the side and wretch. Stream water spews from my throat, and the burn intensifies.

Retch (aka puke)

“I wasn’t about to let you go to Hogwarts and have all the fun.”

Millennial core at its finest.

Heavy footprints thump behind me.

Footsteps