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“How does Matt channeling my magic help with that?” I asked, also wondering why the hell we were holding a random rock.
“If he feels you tap into your time magic, he can channel it away from you. So if you lose your temper, he might be able to cover it for you and keep it from activating.”
“Oh.” I supposed, given my history, that wasn’t the worst idea.
“And, he can eventually learn to help you strengthen it if you ever want to use it for real,” she added.
“But it’s illegal,” I said.
She shrugged. “It wasn’t always illegal and it’s good to have options.”
It wasn’t like I had a record of being a rule follower, but this wasn’t something I wanted to mess with. “Can we just focus on getting me to stop using it?”
“If that’s what you want, yes,” she said.
“That’s what I want,” I said.
“Tell me how I can help,” Matt said.
“Today’s class is simple. The stone will amplify your magic. Each of you need to work on finding the source magic for the other. It’s one thing to find your own, another thing to find it in a partner.”
“How do we do that?” I asked.
“Focus,” she said.
I stood there, feeling awkward. Matt closed his eyes and I glanced over at Professor Halifax. She nodded once.
Turning back to Matt, I closed my eyes and focused on my own magic, thinking about it until I felt the spark within me. My fingers seemed to buzz with energy. Using that, I imagined sending it toward Matt, searching within him.
To my surprise, I felt something. It was clearly magic, but it wasn’t my magic. A bead of sweat rolled down my face and I could hear my heart pounding in my chest. Searching for someone else’s magic was harder than I imagined it would be.
Finally, I honed in on something - a flicker. Like a tiny flame of magic that wasn’t mine. As I closed in on it, I felt something squeeze me, making it harder to breathe. I opened my eyes, gasping against the sensation.
Matt opened his eyes too and he pulled the stone away from me. I dropped my arms to my side, working to catch my breath. “What was that?”
“I think I started to draw on your magic,” he said. “I’m so sorry.”
I wiped my forehead with the back of my hand. “That wasn’t a good feeling.”
“I didn’t mean to,” he said.
“Interesting,” Professor Halifax said.
We both turned to look at her. She reached for the stone and took it from Matt. “You two did that more quickly than I expected.” Her eyes narrowed, then widened as if she had an idea.
“What?” I asked.
She shook her head. “You two had sex.”
Embarrassment heated my cheeks. She said it so matter of factly. Like it wasn’t a big deal. I still wasn’t used to the cavalier way sex was treated around here.
“Neither of you should have the ability to do what you just did on the first try,” she said. “Your consumption of your bond has made you both stronger.”
“You’re saying that we have more power after having sex?” It didn’t really make sense.
She nodded. “In your case, your power seems to grow with your mates. Lucky girl.”
“I thought that didn’t work that way for mages,” Matt said.
