Colby

We thought everything was over and done with until a second wave of enemies seemed to pop out of nowhere, attacking us without warning. I heard this sound and turned, freezing when I felt something lashing out at me.

Then someone jumped out at me. Actually, it was Jesse who jumped in front of me to take the blow, taking me by surprise. I couldn’t believe that he was doing that or had done that.

Jesse hit the ground like a sack of bricks, smoke curling up from the singed edges of his jacket. The spell had cracked through the air like lightning—fast, bright, and fatal. He’d shoved me...