The next young woman to be picked by Elspeth was among one of the older girls in the class, who seemed as though she was pushing 24, easily. She had a blank expression on her face, and while James couldn’t exactly pick her out from a lineup, he was almost positive that she hadn’t said anything throughout the whole lesson. Not even a giggle or a scream.
As per usual, she reported to Elspeth, but strangely enough didn’t say anything. She nodded her head slightly at Elspeth, as if it were a show of respect, and walked over to James. Unable to get any sort of read on her, James has great difficulty discerning what exactly she had in mind for him. She merely took a silent breath through her nose, closed her eyes, and raised her hand.
As he was about to speak up and outright ask her what she had planned for him, the girl muttered a quiet incantation under her breath, and transformed James into.....