Anissa swayed, as the room spun about here. She barely noticed when David caught her arm. He steered her to a sofa with one empty spot on the end, gently eased her down into the space, then perched himself on the arm beside her. He kept a hand on her shoulder.
"Are you all right?" His breath was warm on her ear.
She gave him a weak smile. "I will be in a few minutes."
"Well that was interesting. You managed to feed her some kind of energy, didn't you?" She felt the soft chuckle reverberate through his body more than she actually heard it. And using magic drains you."
"I only gave her a little help." But it had taken a toll on her limited stamina. She had not slept much the night before and she found the loud music and thronging crowd a little wearisome. She thought about saying he coul
