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Raven
Dr. Green crossedthe room and grabbed hold of Professor Halifax. “Close it down.”
“You won’t be able to do it,” she said. “The effort is going to kill you.”
A rush of magic surged through me, surging through my veins with a comforting heat. My mates were already sending magic my way, recharging me and giving me the strength I needed to close the portal.
“You’re wrong,” I said.
“You don’t even know the spell,” she said.
I climbed down the rows of seats and walked over to the portal, ignoring her words.
“You’ll fail and she’s going to take you all down with her,” she screamed. “Is this how you want to die?”
“She sure doesn’t want us to do this,” Luka said with a grin. “It really makes me want to do it more.”
“That’s because she knows we can,” Matt said.
“Come on,” I said, moving to a space in front of the portal. I extended my arms out on either side and felt the warm grip of Matt on one side and Zach on the other. I knew Ben and Luka were joining their hands too, sending more magic through me.
I felt alive as magic tingled across my skin. Heat and ice, strength and power. Their magic was invigorating, making me feel invincible. Blocking out the cries from Professor Halifax, I focused on the urn.
She’d told me before that was the source of the power for the portal. It had to be closed through there.
As I sent the combined magic of all five of us toward the urn, I felt a pull, like an undertow trying to drag me under. I gasped and stumbled but two strong grips pulled me back.
“We got you,” Matt said.
I tightened my grip on their hands, grateful for their support. It wasn’t just the magic. It was everything they provided. They believed in me. They cared for me. They were magic in the sack. These mates of mine were the best thing that ever happened to me and I wasn’t going to let a portal full of monsters take them away from me.
With a scream, I sent everything I had toward the urn, urging it to close, sending the magic back to where it had come from.
A blinding light filled the room followed by a huge explosion sound. Something pushed against us, sending me flying backward. The force broke my grip on Zach and Matt and I slammed to the ground, managing to get my hands under me just in time to keep from landing flat on my back again.
“No! No!” Professor Halifax was screaming.
The light faded and my eyes adjusted as I sat up and looked around the room. Matt and Luka were on one side of me, rubbing their eyes and blinking against the loss of the bright light.
Ben and Zach were on my other side, both of them working their way to standing.
I pushed myself to my feet and offered a hand to Matt. He took it and I helped pull him up. Then I turned to look at the portal.
The urn was smoking and it looked like it had been torn apart. Professor Halifax was crying into Dr. Green’s chest.
My brow furrowed as I watched the demon let her cry. He looked very uncomfortable and slightly confused.
The whole classroom was a mess but there weren’t any griffins and there wasn’t a portal. Aside from Leanna, there were no casualties.
I let out a long breath of relief and stumbled toward the benches, sinking down to one.
Silently, each of my mates followed and joined me on the bench.
“Are you alright?” Ben finally asked, setting his hand on mine.
“I’m fine,” I said. “Or at least, I will be.”
