My atern ticked down and down as I hovered my hands over the locked front door while chanting every spell in the online version of the Witch's Grimoire. My breaths came ragged, and I couldn't stop shaking.
Two sonic booms in one night were possible only if the Diamond Dogs had enough magic credits on their aterns. Plus, a spell of that magnitude required energy. I imagined whoever had performed that spell, maybe Claudia, had drained her physically, which could be why I'd managed to escape their chase. That or dumb luck.
But they might call in reinforcements. Adrenaline roared between my ears, drowning out most of the grumbling coming from behind me.
"Who are you, lady?" Kason was saying. "You can't just use your sexuality to get what you want, you know."
"Okay," I said and continued my chant without turning from the door. If I wasn't so hyped up on terror, his lecture was sure to put me to sleep.
"You shouldn't lower yourself to such standards."