<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">Lucian stalked through the house, moving on silent feet to find his missing apprentice. Ayla was supposed to meet him in his study half an hour ago for practice, but had never shown up. He could feel that she was using magic, using the token, but he couldn’t figure out where. Finally he realized why, and went to the Workroom. It had been a few days since the party where she had met Shar Tessa, and she had been practicing nonstop for most of it.</span><i><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff"> I need to figure out how to get her to relax.</span></i><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff"> He thought to himself as he approached the massive doors. He was prepared for a lot of things when he opened them, but what he got was an invisible ball hitting him square in the face the second he stepped inside. Anger tinged his voice as he spoke. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“Ayla…”</span>