"What are you saying?" Coraline esclaimed loudly, earning a glare from Joel as both the spirits shifted closer to Seraphina and sat down on each side of her at the edge of the fountain.
"You're the strongest witch alive! How can someone take your powers?" Joel asked in a hushed whisper, making sure to look around them to check if no one was listening.
Seraphina lowered her gaze as she picked on a loose thread of her gown, "he didn't want me to use them. So he stored them away in a relic. He only left an inkling of my magic still running in my veins so that no one would be able to sense the fact that I cannot actually perform true magic. And then, because of the silver circlet he made me wear, I forgot how to use even that small bit of power."
Coraline's eyes teared up instantly as she
