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Then, while I cooked and we ate (standing up in the kitchen with our plates close to ourelse that made Tor’s lips twitch), I filled Phoebe in withelse

Then we retired to the living rooht blue shirt he didn’t tuck in, I earingafter breakfast, after cake coffee

Phoebe was curled in ht to Tor’s side on the couch, the soles of h; his ar me close when it occurred to me

And what occurred to me was that my best friend was definitely crazy, a certifiable nut, but, even so, she’d bought our equally definitely crazy story really easily

And that eird

“Uh… Phoebe,” I called when she’d taken a break fro Tor to the fact she was definitely crazy and a certifiable nut) and was sipping froift horse in the lad you believe our story but why do you believe our story? I mean, e told hi the leader of a cult and tried to kick him out of the house You didn’t even blink”

Well, she did blink, repeatedly, but she didn’t freak

She grinned at the cult co Tor and my worlds, she blithely said, “Because Brianna’s friend Marlene’s friend Circe lives in an alternate universe”

This time I blinked and I also felt my mouth drop open

Tor’s body went solid at rowled

She studied us, eyes going back and forth

Then she repeated, “Because Brianna’s friend Marlene’s friend Circe lives in an alternate universe”

Tor leaned forward and since his arm didn’t move from around me, he took me with hi

Phoebe’s eyes didn’t move from him as she whispered, “Well, I mean, I don’t know Circe and I’ve only met Marlene once at a party But everyone in that circle knows Circe went to bed one night and another Circe was there the next day and the here Circe was gone The here Circe also came back home so for awhile there were two Circes then the here Circe went back there She’s there now, as far as I know” She tore her gaze froot back, by the way”

I stared at ed and Phoebe’s eyes shot back to him

“I… well…” She sucked in breath then she looked at me and went on, “I don’t know the whole story and fro breakfast, Cora, it seems her other world is different Maybe it’s another one I litter either Definitely Froe even The place she went to was barren with rocks and stuff, they lived in tents and a lot went dohen she was there, like, serious stuff and when I say that I h,of what I think Marlene called a horde”

“Korwahk,” Tor whispered

I looked to hi me with him) and turned to me “She describes Korwahk”

“That sounds familiar,” Phoebe put in and we looked at her “She’s, like, the Golden Queen?” she asked as if we could confirm then she shook her head andlike that”

“The Golden Warrior Queen of The Golden Dynasty,” Tor stated and I looked back to hiolden eyes?” he asked

“I don’t know about her eyes but yes, I think she’s blonde,” Phoebe answered

“Honey?” I proh diplomatic dispatches while you ithof Korwahk, they are known as Dax in their language, has finally claimed his queen She is known as the Golden Warrior Queen and it is said he’s also claiins The Golden Dynasty”