Brand narrowed his eyes at Serena.<br/><br/>"That's awfully cold of you to offer up these strangers to me in exchange for your own life," he said.<br/><br/>Nevertheless he reached out with a hand and muttered another spell.  One of the fleeing girls, chosen at random, was yanked back towards him by an invisible hand.  He examined the potential victim with a critical eye.  He still wasn't sure this wasn't another trap.