Chapter 16 - Hollyn

"By the stars, please let this work," I muttered as I fell to the ground next to Tagan. Guilt wracked my body. I knew I shouldn't have let him pull on my magic. Magic does nothing but cause pain and sorrow.

"Stella vulnere remedium," I chanted over and over as I tried to pull even more magic from my body.

Barely a trickle of magic crossed between us. I shook my hands out, prayed to the gods I hated, and laid my palms back on Tagan's raw and bloody back. "Stella vulnere remedium." This time I shouted it.

Brilliant light shot from my hands into his body as his ribcage shuddered under my fingers. "Come on. Come on."