And Finnie’s hubster’s name was Frey Drakkar.
That rocked as well.
What rocked more was that the dude commanded elves and…
Wait for it.
Dragons!
There were a couple of those beasts up on the craggy cliffsjust north of the castleright now.The first time I saw them, I kidyou not, I nearly passed out.They were mammoth, scaly, scary AF.
And insanelyawesome.
As a gift from Frey and Finnie, they were going to dosomething after the wedding and I…could not…wait.
Update: Cora, the Gracious was from my world.DahksahnaCirce was too.As were the Winter Princess andthe Lady of the House of Ulfr.
Yep.
All of them.
Although that seemed rather a coincidence, as far as theyknew, we were the only ones.And Valentine kept an eye on these things.It hadjust been so long since anyone had traveled between worlds, she wasn’t payingas close attention as she used to, and Mom and I slid under the radar.
“She’ll also bring you letters from people you love,” Circesaid, regaining my attention.
“Yeah, those are the best,” Cora noted softly.
I bet they were.
However…
“Will Valentine bring people to visit, if you pay her, ofcourse?”I asked.
“Yes,” Circe answered.“Dad has come several times to behere for important things for the kids.”
“And my mom and dad have been here too, not loads, but ourbabies know their grandparents from both worlds,” Cora said, but then shewarned, “We have to be really careful though.My this-world parents are aroundtoo, and we have to handle it so no one who shouldn’tseesthem both together.Things could get a little freaky if people were to figureit out.”
“And dangerous,” Circe put in.“The other me lives in NewOrleans.She’s hitched to the other Lahn.They’ve never visited because shenever wants to return, but also because all hell could break loose.”Shegrinned.“I mean one Lahn is enough foranyworld.”
We all laughed because she told no lies with that.Her guywasa lot, and fortunately it was all good.
But…yeah.
Loren had cautioned me about that before he told me I wasn’tthe only one from my world living in this one.
It had been another Loose Lips Convo where he went on for awhile even though I got it.
Queens and princesses and wives of powerful Houses were froma parallel universe.If that got out, considering how magic was looked at inthis world, and just how crazy it was on the whole, shizzle could get real andquick.
“Do you go home?”I queried.
Update Number Two: Mom and I had gone back.
Our trip was okay, but fast, and mostly sad.Furthermore, ifValentine wasn’t with us and she didn’t do some of her mojo, I’m not sure wewould have been able to convince folks we hadn’t lost our collective minds.
But in the end, it was good-bye, and not an I’ve Decided toBe a Beach Bum in Thailand Good-bye where we were far away, but they could sendemails and do Facetime and had an opportunity to visit us and get someauthentic tom yumgoongin the process.
It was a seriousgood-bye.
