Sophia Antonius stepped out onto the sidewalk, holding her bag and glancing back to make sure her boyfriend...
...was missing. Cedric was missing. She reached out for magic, found it, called it into herself. Then she extended her senses, reaching out...
Cedric was just behind her, unconscious and invisible on the floor just inside the doorway. Two men she couldn't see were moving towards her, one coming out the door while another approached from the street.
Her brother would have just murdered them, but Sophia was trying for a less lethal outcome. That didn't rule out making it painful, though.
"Cedric?" she called out, doing her best to sound confused about where her boyfriend might have gone. Under her breath, she was muttering rapid phrases and shaping energies...
You'd better not have hurt him, she thought, as she wrapped them both in what would normally be shields and began to squeeze.
Both men had apparently just come to a halt in the street, and were having difficulty breathing. Sophia held her grip where it was, waiting, and after a moment they were both visible to regular sight. So was Cedric, collapsed across the doorway... bleeding.
Sophia clamped down with her shields, and heard the wet-wood snap of breaking bones. She hurried over to Cedric, and activated the general-healing spell that she'd stored in her necklace. Healing spells weren't her most-practiced area, but keeping one prepared in advance gave her time to think through the movements, phrases, and techniques she'd need... and kept her calm enough to use them.
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