CHAPTER NINE

“What are you making?” I asked when I found Mama Owen hunching over and pounding herbs in a bowl.

“Potions.”

“What for?”

She stepped aside to reveal small lid bottles with labels. “Foresight, Memory Retention, Invisibility, Keen Smell, Love, Plant Growing, Protection and Truth.”

“Huh. How do you make these from scratch?”

“Go water the plants.”

“You have to teach me how to make these potions. Don’t you want me out of your hair?”

“Trying to rush magic will not help you.”

“Well, I got that memory spell right. I used my earrings. When does it wear off? Do I have to incant the spell again? How do I stop it?”

“You remove the earrings and cleanse them off all spells. Phoebe, the longer you use this spell, the more you would forget important things.”

“Why did you not menti