“We were always a team,” she said. “We just didn’t know it yet.”
Then her phone buzzed. It was a text from Daniel. grachi in english
“Grachi, now!”
She raised her hand. A wave of gray nothingness rolled across the floor, turning streamers to dust, silencing laughter mid-breath. Students screamed. “We were always a team,” she said
“The mirrors are humming.” Daniel had grown into a leader. He wasn’t just the boy who played sports anymore; he was the anchor. When Grachi stepped back from magic, Daniel stepped forward, quietly keeping watch over the students who still had a flicker of power. He met her in the courtyard, his jaw tight. “We were always a team