"I couldn't either--" Sabrina begins, trying to focus on him while her hand throbs. Nick is such a good distraction most of the time, but this situation is so different.

"Oh," she breathes, the surprise actually distracting her a bit. "I'm sure it's just... you were under a spell when you got here, and you were binding him to you, and maybe it's just going to take a while." She lets out a teary laugh. "I'm having the opposite issue. I think whatever is here is making it easier to access the part of me I had hoped was gone."