My heart pounded in my chest as Jaxon and I sprinted through the academy corridors toward Kaelen's old office. Without teleportation, the journey felt agonizingly slow. The familiar portraits lining the walls blurred as we rushed past them, my mind racing faster than my feet.
"We should have felt it," I panted, trying to keep pace with Jaxon's longer strides. "A public shift? Magnus exposing our kind? How did we miss that through the bond?"
Jaxon's jaw clenched, his eyes focused ahead. "The blocking. It's getting worse."
The realization sent a chill down my spine. Our connection to Hazel, Silas, Kaelen, and Ronan was becoming more fragile by the day. The thought of losing it completely terrified me.
We rounded the final corner and burst through the door without knocking. Emrys looked up from behind Kaelen's desk, his expression instantly alert at our disheveled appearance.