Chapter 5Oliver bowed his head under the shower spray in his bathroom. The hot water carried the mixture of lavender oil and purple amethyst powder over his skin, but the nightmare potion didn’t seem to fade. It had pulled from his heart the image of Ron’s death and it wasn’t letting go. Again, the spell wasn’t from the guy’s power, but it was harsh. Whoever had created the form of goofer dust for this guy had been strong and vicious.
He braced himself against the wall, let the water run over his head, down his back. If he could focus on the water, maybe he could calm the horrible image that still attacked him. While his mom had given a cleansing potion to him, it didn’t seem to touch this any more than his own calming potion did.
Today, the nightmare potion had known just how to weaken
