Troy Kiana wasn’t in the room. I couldn’t help but let a little growl escape me. I’d given her specific instructions not to leave the room, and I had two witches but no mate. “She did not take the revelation that we were kin well,” Evalina said dryly as she sat next to Lunessa. The younger witch had awoken and was sitting up in the bed. Relief swept through her eyes when she looked at me. “You made it. The spell was not as side-effect free as I hoped, but when I realized what it would take from me, I couldn’t stop. I worried what it would take from you.” “What do you mean? Did it steal your magic?” “No, but it allows a secondary spell to attach. One that analyzes a person and reports back. Saris, whatever she is, definitely anticipated getting out of that bunker alive. She’ll know all

