Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-12599067-20131012002800/@comment-11457306-20131016004754

''"You sent for me, Mother?" asked Torene. She was nervous. She'd been avoiding the old leader of the Coven ever since their last conversation, when she had returned and told of her adventures. She had dared not lie, even though she knew what it might mean. The seeress would have seen immediately through any lies.''

"I have found him.  You will go to him.  Now."

"Mother, I cannot do this," Torene's voice was pleading.

"It is time and past for you to contribute to the Coven, Torene.  You WILL do it, or you will be stripped of your powers and expelled."

"Mother, please..."

"Enough!  I have spoken!  Do you understand me?"

"Mother, please let me find another--"

"NO!  The match has been approved.  Only his blood will do.  You will go to him now.  You will not return to us until it is accomplished.  And do not think you can fool us or not return.  We will find you."

''Torene slumped, defeated. "Yes, Mother.  It shall be as you say."''

"Tell Mirassa to prepare the ceremony.  We will prepare you so the results will be as we wish.  Fortunately Masser will be in full phase tonight."

"Yes, Mother."

"There is one other thing you must know," the old seeress frowned.

"Yes?"

"Peri is with him."

"What!? How can that be?  She is with those damnable Thieves!"

"I do not know.  Is he not also a thief?  Does he not also serve Nocturnal?"

"Yes, but he is not of the same guild--and she is NOT a Nightingale."

''The head of the Coven flipped a dismissive hand. "Crows flock together.  They find their own kind.  Take precautions.  She might interfere."''

''"Mother, she is my SISTER." ''

"Not anymore.  Now GO."