Roderick cast a spell in a foreign language that Mandy had heard for the first time. Then she felt something as if it was being sucked out of her body. The incident was painful and the meeting between her hand and Mr. Crown's chest was hot. Something whirled in the middle of her palm, like a kind of hurricane smoldering and flowing out.
Mandy wanted to pull her hand away, but Roderick had warned her not to. So she can only hold on and hope this all ends soon.
Roderick's voice grew louder and Mandy was half-illusion of her surroundings. She thought the clouds were now hanging over the hall ceiling and the wind was swirling around them like a hurricane.
When Roderick stopped speaking and Mandy's mixed feelings disappeared, Mr. Crown opened his eyes and looked at her.
"What are you doing?" he asked in his characteristic haughty tone. He glanced at Mandy's hand and Mandy immediately pulled away and hid her hands behind her back.
