Everything had happened so fast.
One moment, Adam was talking to Genevieve about the mysteries of enchantment magic, and the next, a flash of light, and the world turned upside down.
When he came to, he gazed at the twilight sky with a dazed look in his eyes.
What?
Adam felt like his skin was being prickled with a thousand needles. That explosive spell had come out of nowhere. He had sensed its arrival, of course. But he had too little time to react.
Thankfully, Valerian had managed to escape to his spirit sea before the spell had arrived. And just in the nick of time, he had managed to push Genevieve away from the face of danger.
"What is wrong with you?!"
A wrathful voice echoed in the surroundings, pulling Adam out of his severe disorientation.
"You could have hurt her! Are you out of your damned mind?!"
The same voice spoke again, and it was full of unbridled fury.
