Chapter 12

When I finally stopped, Leandro shook his head. “You were always so stubborn,” he murmured.

His presumptive declaration infuriated me into action. I touched the doorframe and hissed the sealing incantation, loud enough so he wouldn’t miss it.

Nothing happened.

It’s not like it’s fireworks. Any release of my power has a visible effect, like the bowl that I’d unconsciously erased from this plane, but it’s rarely a big one. An audible pop or crackle, energy moving amongst molecules, something. Sealing a threshold is no exception, which is why I prefer to do it without witnesses.

Something should have manifested. The fact that it hadn’t…

Well, that’s never happened before.

“Are you ready to listen yet?” Leandro asked from behind me.

I whirled around. He hadn’t budged from his spot. “What are you?” I demanded. That had to be the only explanation. He had powers of his own and he was blocking mine.

“Human. Just like I’ve always been.”