Page 57 of Lady Elinor's Elf

“Just thinking.”

“May I join you?”

“Of course, love. Sit.” He moved over a little, and she saw the thick moss, which had created a lovely seat.

“Are you happy, Aelwyn?”

“Indeed yes,” he sighed. “Look around. We are home, our people are back where they belong.”

“And will we still keep watch overthem?” She nodded at the house, where few lights shone now, since it was past midnight.

“We owe them so much,” he answered quietly. “I cannot, in all fairness, eventhinkabout cutting that tie.”

“I’m so glad,” Bronwen leant on her husband’s shoulder. “Their firstborn will have much to learn.”

“Indeed.” Aelwyn sighed, “I cannot say for certain, Bronwen, but I can predict an interesting future lies ahead. For all of us.”

“I couldn’t agree more. Oh, by the way? I think…I’m not absolutely certain yet, but I think there might be a little surprise for us as well.”

Aelwyn straightened, looked at Bronwen in stunned silence, then swept her into his lap. “A new life? To be born here at Tylwyth Teg? Oh,Bronwen, miracles do happen, don’t they?”

She glanced at the house in the distance where her best mortal friend and her husband were sleeping, and smiled. “Yes. Yes, indeed they do…”

The End