"Wh-what?" Lily choked.
My hand still squeezed the cheerleader's throat, but too bad. "You brought that plant back to life. Are you bringing everything else back, too?"
She shook her head hard. "I don't know what you're talking about."
I opened my mouth and hissed. The light blinked on and off with the speed of a strobe light. Lily's blonde curls gusted out behind her and sent the pink lily tucked behind her ear spiraling into the bathtub. As soon as I ran out of air and inhaled, the lights returned with an unsteady buzzing. That was suppressed Sorceress power? But I barely noticed any of it except the rage curling my fingers deeper into her neck.
"Please," she gasped. Tears streaked her face in mascara-tinted rivers. "Please don't tell anyone."
My grip loosened. The confused crease between my eyebrows cut deep. I was primed to crush answers out of her, but she was more concerned with me not telling anyone? I took my hand from her throat with narrowed eyes.