ARIA
“No.”
“This is bigger than that,” Karin said, her voice soft and coaxing, like she could smooth the problem away if she tried hard enough.
“I don’t care,” Lunessa answered. Her tone was flat and cold. “I’ve already given up enough to protect this mountain. I’m finished. You can drive. That’s what you used to do before you turned me into a damn taxi service.”
I slipped into the kitchen without meaning to listen. The three witches sat around the table, books open in front of them, pages marked and stacked in uneven piles. Lunessa had never been warm with me, but whatever Karin was asking for had clearly crossed a line.
“You’re not a taxi service…” Karin tried again.
“If you ask one more time,” Lunessa snapped, “I will power the ward and send every one of you flying out of my hous
