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“That doesn’t stop the magic,” I said. “What if he gets the new object?”
“You can’t transfer it to an object in this realm,” Professor Flora said.
I ran a hand through my hair as frustration tugged in my gut. We were going around in circles. It was like the only way to get rid of the shadow fae was to give him the book. But I felt an obligation to keep it out of his hands. How could we pull this off if everything I thought might work was another dead end?
“We can transfer it into a person, can’t we?” Zach asked.
I looked over at Zach, noting his serious expression, then turned to Professor Flora.
She smirked. “You have been doing your homework.”
“That sounds too dangerous,” Luka said. “Taking magic internally has never worked out well. There’s several lost souls in the underworld who thought they could handle it.”
“Would it work?” I asked.
“It would,” Professor Flora said. “At least itshould.”
“No way,” Ben said. “I know what you’re thinking.”
“I’m with Ben,” Matt said. “You are not taking that kind of risk.”
“There’s five of us, though,” I said, letting the words sink in for a minute. “I don’t want to volunteer you all, but…”
“She’s right,” Zach said. “That kind of magic could be handled safely in a smaller dose. And if we divided it, it would be harmless without all five of us to bring it back together.”
“Would that work?” Matt asked.
“I’ve never seen it tried,” Professor Flora said.
“Do we have any other options?” I asked.
Nobody said a word. I knew it was our only choice. I hated asking my mates to do this, but I had no idea what this dark fae would do with magic like this. If we split it between ourselves, it would be eliminated from both realms.
“You need a new moon for the transfer to work,” Professor Flora said.
“That’s in two days,” Ben said.
“Luckily, he gave me four days,” I said, fishing the note out of my pocket and holding it out.
“In the meantime,” Professor Flora said. “You need to work on your magic.”
She lifted her hand and with a flick of her wrist, the bubble around us collapsed. “Mage tricks are no match for Fae magic.”
My chest tightened. My whole plan was built on using mage magic. But what other choice did I have?
“The five of you need to learn to work together,” Professor Flora said. “It’s the only chance you have at passing the trials and your parlor tricks won’t work.”
I smiled at Professor Flora. Maybe she was on our side after all.
“You each have talents and weaknesses,” she said. “You weren’t given your topics on accident.”
“I knew it!” Matt said.
“What topics?” Luka asked.
“I’ve spent the last few weeks researching dream walking,” Matt said. “And your brother came and gave me a test.”
“Wait, what?” Luka asked.
