Moira turned and saw someone from the royal household. “Dinner time?”
“Yes, ma’am. You and your companions are invited, as well as Mickey.”
“She’s around here somewhere.”
“I have to retrieve the others, so please make your way to the palace.”
“Sure.” She turned to Ohno. “Anything else?”
“Here is your race packet. See you Wednesday.”
She took it, and Nelwyn extended his hand for it. “I have pockets.”
She looked at the loose vest he was wearing and shrugged. “Okay.”
He took it and slid it into a pocket that wasn’t there.
“Nice trick.”
“Isn’t it?” He smiled. “Shall we?” He held his hand out, palm up.
Moira put her fingers against his, and Borwyn chuckled before he said, “We met the king and court this afternoon. This might surprise them.”
“What?”
“You. Us. I mean, Narro will laugh his ass off.” Borwyn chuckled.
Moira smiled. “He has other elves to laugh at.”
“What? Who?”
“Rache and her two. Xeti and Terus,” Moira murmured as they walked through the centre of the village and headed to the pathway that led to the palace.
Alphas and betas stopped and stared, but many just grinned and shook their heads. They had seen it before. Others whipped their phones out.
Moira blinked. “It is hard to get used to that.”
Nelwyn chuckled. “As long as you are next to me, I don’t care who is taking what photo.”
“Hm. I just moved out here. I am not moving anywhere else for a very long time.”
Borwyn said, “That’s fine. I can open a boat repair shop.”
She asked as they walked, “But you own a garage, why would you move?”
He shrugged. “Because this is where you need to be.”
Nelwyn nudged her hand. “And I can work from home and make a permanent link to my office or home when necessary.”
“But you are a financier.”
“So? The data comes in the same way.”
“Oh. Right.” She was confused.
“You didn’t think I could follow you here?”
“I just wanted to feel safe. Feel like I was home again. I needed to see family and show them this.” She nodded and glanced down. “They reacted better than I thought they would, to my face.”
