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Also, I had a feeling that my magic didn’t want anyone to take a peek at it.
“I can’t practice my magic the way everyone else does,” I said. “You know I don’t belong to any house and my magic isn’t like theirs. So, no pressure. Why don’t we call it quits and let me figure it out myself—”
A tidal wave of icy wind slammed into me, like knives cutting into my face.
My eyes snapped to Paxton. “Fucker! You—”
I threw up my hands instinctively to fend off his attack, but I was too late. All of a sudden, I was in the center of a churning storm. It felt like the Demigod of Sea had dropped the entire ocean on me.
In a nanosecond, all around me, the waves of water turned to hard ice.
Layers of ice kept forming around me rapidly, leaving me trapped alone inside.
“What the fuck are you doing, Paxton?” Zak roared outside the wall of icicles.
Lightning flashed and thunder rocked the room, but the ice kept thickening until the barricade became impenetrable.
“This is not the way to train Marigold,” Theodore called in alarm. “She needs gentler care. We saw how it ended when she was pushed into a corner last time.”
I heard a few giggles from Demetra and her clique, then gasps from other students, then Yelena’s and Nat’s cries of outrage.
“Let her out!” Yelena shouted. “You can’t treat her that way.”
“Let Marigold out,” Nat joined her shouting.
They pounded on the ice wall to try to crack it. Metal hit the ice. I bet Nat had turned his hands into blades, since he was from the House of Metal and Blacksmiths.
My friends were risking their lives by angering Paxton.
Then, all the sounds faded except for Zak’s threatening. Not even a soundproof barrier could stop the voice of the Demigod of Sky.
“Remove the ice box, Paxton,” Zak raged. “I’ll have your head if she’s hurt!”
Lightning struck the exterior of the ice walls, seemingly bouncing off.
To my terror, unbreakable ice sealed the top as well.
All the voices and noises faded away until it was just me inside a tomb of ice.
CHAPTER 9
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