"You'll have to be very careful," Larissa whispered, "not to tell anyone that all three of us are double tamers now."
Luna frowned. "What are you talking about? We're not..."
A faint glow suddenly enveloped the two girls, so brief it could have been mistaken for a flicker of the lamps.
Larissa covered her mouth in feigned surprise while her cousins stared at her with enormous eyes, suddenly understanding.
"Oh," Larissa smiled behind her hand. "It seems we're all the same."
"You..." Liora looked at her empty cup. "The drink..."
"Did you just...?" Luna seemed at a loss for words.
"Give you potions?" Larissa completed cheerfully. "Of course. We're family after all."
"But..." Liora whispered, "my father wanted..."
"But your grandmother will surely be delighted," Larissa assured. "The Ashenways support female double tamers, right?"
"You don't understand... my grandmother was..."
Luna wasn't faring better.