Emily POV
Liza lifted her hands in haste and threw a fireball at me. It hit me in the chest. However, instead of flying back from the force or burning my chest and clothes, I appeared to absorb the energy from the fireball into my body. A glow surrounded me briefly. I took a deep breath as if breathing in the power. My face brightened into a smile, and I seemed happy to have been given the gift. I stood still, waiting for the next attack.
Liza was shocked. Her mouth dropped open, and she hesitated to make the next attack. Her confidence suddenly dropped. Liza thought her strength and experience using magic for fighting would make killing me easy, and it would be over quickly. Liza could not have been more wrong.
The fight had only just begun. I circled Liza, using a typical warrior tac
