“Okay, so, ground rules are clear?” mom says, arms crossed, looking around at us. Fifteen minutes have passed and while we’re all equally freaked out, we’re much calmer and more ready to…call upon a Goddess, apparently.
Quietly, we all just nod, staring at mom, I think all kind of wondering if this is some elaborate prank.
“All right then,” Cora says, exhaling a deep breath. “Ariel and Jesse, why don’t you two…go ahead.”
Jesse and I give each other a glance and then, as we decided a few minutes ago, quietly concentrate, doing as Cora instructed us and calling upon the Goddess in our hearts in our minds, through our magics, mostly…because we want to know if we can.
About a minute passes and nothing happens. I look up at Cora, a little disbelieving now, and sigh.
“Okay,” she says, shak
