Chapter 17: Sunwise and Widdershins

With one minute to spare, Kento and I raced back into class, my shoes squeaking across the linoleum.

Mrs. Powell cleared her throat. "I'm glad everyone was able to gather their ingredients. Now, what potion will be made from them?"

A few students raised their hand while I laid out the items we'd found across the tabletop.

"Zoey?" Mrs. Powell asked. "Any guesses?"

My whole face heated. I had no idea about any of it. "Is this something someone will drink?" Wasn't mistletoe or holly poisonous?

"So what do you think we'd be making?" Her voice light as she sat on the edge of her desk.

"A hexing potion?"

One of the girls in front of me snorted.

"Jezmaine, do you have the answer?" Mrs. Powell flicked a glance at her.

"Most of the items have a protective quality. So it has to be a banishing one or an increased potency of an existing spell."

"Very good. Both are correct."