Gerald jumps as the ring around where we stand turns to high flames, the heat warming us while my eyes glow with excitement. How I’ve missed having magic.
“That’s the best you got?” Gerald taunts. I smirk, feeling the tether to my power strengthen, morphing and twisting the power Lycus gave me. I lift my hands out to the sides above my head before tossing them down.
The flames explode in a cylinder-shaped wall around us. The fire flies toward the sky, higher than the castle’s tallest point, and I chuckle while Gerald’s mouth falls open. I can’t see those standing outside our circle, but I hear the murmurs at my reach with the flames.
“Pretty sure I just broke the record for highest,” I giggle.
“But that’s still not the hottest,” Gerald says with a cocky grin.
“How hot is cutting fi
