Chapter 3 THE POTION AND THE binding spell weren’t working. At least, it didn’t seem like it was working. She wasn’t responding the way I thought she might. She was still unconscious. I sighed in frustration as I administered the last of the potion to my unresponsive sister. Slowly, her skin grew pink and she felt less hot under the coolness of the water. That had to be a good sign. But I didn’t know for sure. “God, Courtney, what did you get yourself into?” I muttered, shaking my head. Courtney had been rebelling for months now, ever since Ava had left us here to find our father and take her place in the Magic Realm. At first, I thought maybe letting her do what she wanted was a way for her to get it out of her system. A couple of drunken nights at a club couldn’t be so fun that it h

