Chapter 88


    Book 2 Chapter 9 Aleera POV Tobias asked me to step forward , and I did . My bond became excited ,


    and I stamped it down , forcing it back . I knew they felt it , but when I felt Darius’s presence moving


    closer , I didn’t want him to feel my reaction to my mates . H So it was no surprise when I felt him stop


    behind me . ” Hold your hands out , ” Tobias whispers , then his eyes dart over my shoulder . I nce


    back at Darius . He leans against the door frame , watching us , but I turn my attention back to Tobias


    and focus on the casting he was about to show me . Tobias holds his hands out above mine , and I


    watch the air between his hands ripple and thicken . A picture forms and my magic wants totch on to


    him , and it does .


    He transfers the strange sphere into my hands , and it hovers above my palms . He pokes it with his


    finger , and it ripples , taking the form of the rainforest . ” Why are casts dangerous ? ” he asks , looking


    out at the ss , yet he looks back at me for the answer . Vampiric – Fae primarily did casts because my


    kind no longer existed or was rare . It tookpulsion and could temporarily blind an opponent , yet it


    also took a lot of concentration to maintain . ” They are dangerous because they act as virtual reality ,


    and people can be trapped within them until the cast holder releases them , ” I tell him , and he nods .


    One demon in the ss raises their hand , and Tobias nods to him . ” Why are we learning this , though ?


    Only vampiric and Elemental can yield it , “


    the demon asks , and Tobias asks . ” You think a vampiric will care if you can yield it if they are nning


    to use it against you ? ” he asked , and as Tobias said , the man dropped his head . It was a stupid


    question to ask . ” So , how does one break out of the spell of a cast ? ” Tobias asked before the sphere


    was suddenly wrapped around my face , blinding me to the rest of the ssroom . Forest scenery


    surrounded me , and I could vividly see and hear , even smell , everything . The ssroompletely


    disappeared , and I stumbled forward . I could even hear the crickets chirping , the sound of the soft


    breeze , and feel it like it was real , the air thick and moist , and the ground smelled of moist soil .


    Yet Tos’s voice I could also hear faintly , his voice bing more distant until he touched me ,


    making me jump , thinking something fell from the trees andnded on me . My hand moves to his hand


    on my shoulder . ” Focus on my voice , Aleera , ” he says , yet the cast I am stuck in feels real , so I


    instinctively look up when birds take off out of the canopying trees above . ” You need to remember it’s a


    cast . Remember your true surroundings , no matter how much fear or what is going on around you . It


    isn’t real . You just need to focus on where you were before , paint that picture in your head , and imnt


    it .


    This will force fake reality away to bring you back to your true surroundings , ” I try , but I find myself


    stuck as everything bes overwhelming . ” Where are you , Aleera ? ” Tobias asks . ” Rainforest , ” I


    murmured , turning when I heard leaves rustle behind me . ” Where were you before Aleera , focus ? ”


    his voice says , and I look for him but can’t see anything but forest . My pulse races when I see a giant


    tiger step out from the foliage . I stagger , taking a step back , only to trip over my feet . It charges at me ,


    and I put my hands up to shield myself when the cast is dropped , and I find Tobias grabbing me and


    hauling me to my feet . Everyone in the ssughed , and Darius even chuckled at me .


    Embarrassment coursed through me .


    ” This is why you should have been in my ss instead of running hiding in an advanced defense ss ,


    ” Darius says , making me re at him as I catch my breath . ” You did well . Ignore them . It was your


    first go , ” Tobias whispers , yet as I went back to my desk , everyone tried to stifle their giggles , and


    Darius clicked his tongue . ” Do it again , ” I snap , gritting my teeth . I hadn’t wielded magic like that


    before it


    was banned in the schools , yet I could feel how he did it and knew I could mimic it if I could just touch it


    again . ” You don’t have to , ” Tobias says , his lips brushing my cheek . The demon holler and whistles at


    his gesture , and I re at them . ” Do it again , ” I tell him , turning to face him . I refuse to let them think


    I don’t belong here or that I can’t do this .


    Tobias’s eyes search my face before he síghs , looking past me to Darius . I look at him , too , and he


    waves arrogantly , thinking I would fail again . I could feel his amusement at my anger which only servedN?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    to anger me more . When Tobias sets the cast in my hand this time , however , my magic locks onto his ,


    but instead of letting him manipte it when he flicks his fingers , I grasp onto it tightly . He raises an


    eyebrow at me . ” Aleera ! ” he hisses , wondering what I am doing , but I hold on firmly and feel for the


    compulsion he was using in it before crushing and stamping it out . His magic fizzled in my hands . I feel


    how it


    disintegrates his cast , dying out as I destroy it . The demonsughed . ” What’s a matter , Aleera ,


    scared , burned it out before entering it ? ” one chuckles . ” That was my intention , ” I tell the demon . He


    scoffs , throwing his head back . Lycus snarls at him , and he jumps when my mate stands behind him . ”


    Stop ying around and get either to my ss where you should be or back to your seat , ” Darius snaps


    at me , and Tobias nudges me , but I refuse to move . ” I can do one better , ” I smirk , feeling my magic


    sing in my blood , morph and twist as it writhes through me , cold and chilling while also warm tingling as


    I blend both sides of my magic , melding them into one .


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