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needed to vent.
    “I see the force is strong with this one tonight,” Ronan teased, ruffling Isis’ hair as he passed. “Okay, I’m going to leave you three to hash this out while I get to work. Have fun.” Isis watched as Ronan kissed Pema senseless, leaving her breathless, before leaving the house.
    “Yeah, I want that,” Isis said. “I want Braeden and I to have that.” Her brand took that moment to begin burning as if to punctuate her point. “How long does this pain last?” she asked Pema, gesturing to her breast.
    “You’re not going to like the answer. It’s going to keep getting worse until you complete the mating. Towards the end, I thought the flames of hell had engulfed my arm. Good news is that relief is instantaneous when you do the blood exchange.”
    “Of course,” Isis sighed.
    “Can I see your mark?” Suvi asked.
    Isis nodded and unbuttoned her blouse, exposing her right breast. The tribal brand covered most of the fleshy globe, including the nipple.
    Pema held up her mate mark and compared the two. “It’s interesting that they both have crescent moons. I wonder if there is any significance to this.”
    “Yeah, I wonder what the design means. And, why the crescent moon? The full moon carries the most power,” Suvi remarked.
    “Enough about mates and mate marks for now. Can we change the subject? Have you heard from Cele? Has she made any more threats against us?” Isis needed to think about something else. She didn’t want to sit there and obsess about Braeden any more. She needed to try and think about something else.
    “ Cele told the elder witches that we are responsible for Claire’s condition. Dad told me that she is out for blood, and won’t stop until she makes us pay,” Pema replied.
    “ Rumor is that she’s deep into dark magic,” Suvi added. “My guess is that she’s trying to heal Claire. There isn’t a spell in light magic that can reverse that kind of damage.”
    “ Where the hell would she be practicing dark magic without being caught? The elders would never allow that at the academy. Hell, they wouldn’t allow it anywhere, for that matter. Don’t they have a ward set up to detect the use of such power?” Isis inquired, setting the half-empty bottle of tequila on the coffee table.
    “My guess is that she practices at her house. It’s definitely big enough, and no doubt, she has found a way around the elders ward,” Suvi mused.
    “ We need to find out if she is. The realm isn’t safe if she is accessing dark power. We also need to find out what her plans are for us.” Isis was itching to take action. That family had put hers through enough and she wanted to put an end to their reign.
    “ You’re right. We can’t allow her to get away with it. The price for such magic is high and she could bring down all witches with her. But, we can’t just go to the elders and accuse her. They’d never listen to us,” Pema said as she began to pace the room, her hand running across her chin, clearly contemplating.
    “ So, we go to her house and get proof,” Suvi suggested. The simplicity of Suvi’s idea was brilliant. Isis glanced at both of her sisters. It went unspoken between them that it was their duty to find out what the High Priestess was up to. No one else would even suspect her of wrong-doing.
    “ Okay, but we can’t just go up to her door and knock. She will have protections set around the property,” Isis pointed out.
    “ Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” Suvi asked.
    A smile broke out over Isis’ face as she high-fived Suvi. “Yep, breaking and entering.”
    “ When Ronan said to have fun, I bet he didn’t mean this, but I’m in. But, we can’t go in what we are wearing,” Pema said, looking down at her short skirt.
    “ You should wear those leather pants I gave you,” Suvi replied as she jumped up from the sofa and ran to the stairs. Suvi had given them leather pants last year for their birthday and Isis had to agree, if they