Chapter 490

125 - Vesper

A crackling and sizzle in the air; the smell of ozone like just before a big rain and a weight lifted off my chest. I can take a full breath for the first time in a long time. My senses are sharpening, returning. The suffocation from the magic is gone and I feel light headed. The pressure has been going on for so long I didn’t realize how heavy it was. The steady thump-thump of Dex’s