In all the time I'd been here, I hadn't allowed myself to think of a worst-case scenario. Not that there was a best case when someone had been hit with dark magic. Just... not worst. Dark magic had killed Tessa. Literally burned her up from the inside, and granted Rohan wasn't a habitual user of the dark arts, but he hadn't built up any tolerance to it either.

Leo tried to pull me away.

"Tell me." My voice was just shy of a shriek. "Is he dead?"

"No! I don't ...