Headmistress Millington came by late that night with a sleeping potion mixed into a tea designed to knock Seph out and help her stay out. A side effect of such a powerful potion was thinking the previous night had been a dream. The potion would last until I gave her the antidote, but making her think she'd dreamed last night was permanent. I couldn't decide if that was good or bad since it kind of felt like tricking her.

"No more than two drops of the antidote," the headmistress ...