Chapter 270

Maxine’s POV

The light ball vanished, scattering in the air. “At this point, I think those binds are damn useless against you,” I said, coming back to sit next to her.

She shrugged, “Maybe they were never that strong to use to begin with or maybe Ronan underestimated me.” She shot me a look. “Either way, I’ve been doing my best to practice in secret. I'm getting stronger.”

A thrill of hope went through me. It was like we had discussed, if she could just get a little stronger, Zel might just be able to break us out of this mansion without us having so much as a fight.

But now, I was considering how we would get Liam out of this as well. I certainly couldn't just leave him behind. “Do you think you could use it to help us get out of here?” I asked quietly.

Zel considered for a moment then nodded slowly. “I think I might be able to give it a shot,” she replied. “But we’d have to be careful. Ronan’s not stupid. He might sense something if w