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And there were also three wo their men held two of theht then holding me, I knehich ones were Finnie (white-blonde hair, ice blue eyes, stunning, wearing breeches, boots and an old-fashioned shirt, her husband cradling a baby just like old eyes, beautiful, wearing a kickass sarong (a sarong!) sandals, a thin-knit, short-sleeved sweater type thing, really cool jewelry and she and her big husband were cradling babies, his swaddled baby had blonde hair, hers had black)

And after taking the Lavinia of Lunasn’t claioy, it was Circe whose eyes I caught

And when I did, I smiled and whispered, “Harold says hi”

Then I watched her re, badass, hide-shirted, hide-pants wearing, sword bearing, knife belt sporting husband pulled her even more protectively closer as she smiled back

Valentine

“You are here,” she heard the deep, appealing male voice say, her body turned and her eyes went frolassy dark sea and its tall-masted ships to the beautiful vision of the tall, dark man who formed out of the shadows of the castle beyond hireed to the obvious

He stopped on the balcony six feet from her

“I have waited some time,” he informed her and the witch Valentine Rousseau knew by the tone of his voice he did not like waiting

“I know you have,” she said softly

“And I have heard no word,” he told her so else it was clear he did not like

“Ulfr,” she whispered, not believing she was going to do this but she was going to do this so before she could stop herself fro it, she said quickly, “I will return your pay even in the dark night illuuessed, “She is dead in your world too”

Valentine shook her head

Ulfr’s brows rose “Then you have not found her?”

“I have found her,” Valentine said carefully and she watched his big, heavenly body grow taut which made it even more heavenly

“Then, what –?” he started

“In my world,” she quickly interrupted him, “Ilsa is married”

It rowshow

He reain that she understood he did this to consider his options

Then he declared the one he’d chosen “This , dictatorial choice but Valentine couldn’t help but think he was right, it didn’tthe specimen of man before her, Valentine kneoman could love a man in her world and be taken froet her other h she knew very little about Apollo Ulfr What she did knoas the depth of his capacity for love and her experience was only three men had its equal and they were all of this parallel world and they were all currently residing in this castle

Unfortunately for him, the one woman he wanted, it was Valentine’s considered opinion, was the one wo

“It does,” Valentine told him cautiously

“It does not,” he returned i her toyou are at the cusp of war,” she reminded him

“This is my concern, not yours”

Valentine took in a delicate breath

Then she told him what he needed to know

“Ulfr, Ilsa of my world is married –”