VS. Mind Magic 3

“Are you tired?” Nikka asked. She sounded far away.

“Yes,” Elspeth murmured. “I think I’ll just rest a moment.”

When Elspeth’s head hit the dirt, Nikka spun on her heel. Beta came out from behind a wagon and grabbed Nikka’s hand, and the two of them plunged into the trees. Somewhere in Elspeth’s mind she knew she had to fight the sleep spell. She was also struggling with the knowledge that Nikka was a mage, but her thoughts were being suffocated by the sleep magic. Master Takis had warned her that his daughter was clever, but to put an entire caravan to sleep? That took the skill of an accomplished spellcaster. Had she been lying about the fight with Beta just to distract Elspeth?

As if in slow motion, Elspeth tried to remember a spell to ward off the unconsciousness … but her last waking memory was of a group of men in black hoods and cloaks sweeping up the road toward the line of wagons.

Theros: Godsend, Part I, Chapter 10