Free Suvi's Revenge: Rowan Sisters' Trilogy Book 3 by Brenda Trim, Tami Julka Page A

been careful not to perform magic around him since his ordeal. Everyone had been concerned that seeing it would cause him trauma. She masked the rage that always surfaced when she thought about the horrendous torture he had been through at the hands of Cele.
    She turned to him and ruffled his brown curls. “In our world, magic is life and light and it’s a very good thing. Now, run and grab me those silver tablecloths from the kitchen.”
    “Okay,” he called out as he took off running.
    She looked over and noticed that Isis had been watching them. Her sister gave her a smile and continued decorating. Suvi unfolded the tables and set them up while she contemplated how much the addition of a stripling had changed the way they celebrated. Before, their parties revolved around general debauchery, and she had no doubt that there would be plenty of that tonight, but that would occur behind closed doors. There was a different focus for her and her sisters now.
    “You can put the food down here,” she instructed Courtney.
    “He’s an adorable stripling and clearly loves his Auntie,” Courtney observed after she had placed her burden down.
    “Yes he is and don’t tell Pema, but I’m his favorite. It was all those hours playing XBox with him,” she laughed.
    “That’ll do it. I’ll be back with the rest.” Courtney turned and headed back to her van for the rest of the food and Suvi continued with her task.
    She was setting up chairs when Donovan came running. “Here you go,” he said handing her the silver fabric. “Can you inflate these now? I want to show them to Fen. She’s never seen one,” he explained, bouncing up and down with excitement, thrusting a bag of balloons into her hand. Donovan’s intrusion caused several chairs to crash to the cement and fall into the pool.
    “Oops,” he laughed. His laugh was carefree and infectious and Suvi was helpless but to laugh with him.
    Still laughing, Suvi looked over at the sprite who was wearing pale-pink marshmallow flowers strung together to make an exquisite dress that offset her fiery-orange butterfly wings for the party. Fen had been one of the first sprites to join their garden. When she had crashed into their lavender bush, she had immediately lit a fire in Suvi’s heart. The poor female had been attacked by an Unseelie creature she had called a soul-sucker. Suvi and her sisters had offered her sanctuary and she’d been there ever since. She and Donovan had gone through similar experiences and it wasn’t surprising that they had become fast friends.
    Fen used to live in reed marshes and lonely fenland and had re-created that in a hidden corner of their property that she’d claimed as her own. Fen could only be seen when the first leaves fell from the trees unless she decided to reveal herself. It was a testament to her affection for them that she was showing herself this night when the confirmed guest list had topped one hundred a few hours ago.
    “I will blow them up after you help me put these tablecloths on the tables so that Courtney can do her thing with the food,” Suvi offered.
    “Awesome, c’mon.” He grabbed Suvi’s hand and dragged her back to the tables.
    “Take this end,” she told Donovan as she handed him two corners of the silver fabric and they quickly covered both tables.
    “Okay, now blow them up. C’mon Fen, come closer,” Donovan called out to his tiny friend. The excitement danced in his blue eyes as she opened the bag and pulled out a red latex balloon. The sprite landed on his shoulder and watched her with equal enthusiasm.
    “ Seid ,” she chanted and the red balloon inflated and floated next to her head. Donovan was jumping up and down and snatched the balloon, waving it at the sprite. “Careful or you’ll pop it. If that happens so close to Fen it’d be really loud for her sensitive ears. Suvi inflated several more balloons and muttered an impervious spell so they could play with them freely. Laughing at their