"I'm not hiding anything,"
I said that one more time, and then I left before they could see the panic in my eyes.
The walk back to the dormitories was a blur. Students passed me in the hallways, laughing and talking about the tournament, but their voices sounded distant and muffled. All I could think about was tomorrow morning. Seven o'clock. The training grounds.
They were going to test my magic. They were going to measure my power. And the restrainer spell has been weakening no matter how much I tried to sustain and strengthen it.
I reached my dorm room and closed the door behind me, leaning against it as my legs finally gave out. I slid down to the floor, my mind racing through possibilities and finding nothing but dead ends.
