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Was anything right at the moment?

"Perhaps"

"Ever wonder why?"

"Ever wonder hat?"

"Why your Magick see?"

"No I just assuon and several decades older than Bercelak, raised one glossy black brow "Perhaps"

"What does that a the question, Ghleanna asked one of her own "You do know that yourbefore any of us were born, of course"

"Ghleanna!" her younger sister admonished

"What? I don’t think it’s a secret"

"It’s not" Rhiannon sipped her wine "Froe who have not lain with your father"

"True enough," Ghleanna laughed "My father has a ith all females It’s in his blood"

"And passed down to all of you, I suppose?"

"A couple of our brothers And one of our sisters"

"And Bercelak"

Both sisters spit out their wine

Rhiannon looked between the to I said?"

"Bercelak who?" Ghleanna demanded as she wiped her chin

"Our Bercelak?" Maelona asked in surprise

"Wellyes"

"He’s nothing like father"

"Father’s very jovial and happy," Maelona explained "Whereas Bercelak is veryum"

"Sour and impossibly cranky?"

"That’s not fair, sister" Maelona looked at Rhiannon "He’s always been nice to me"

"He’s been nice to me, too," Ghleanna interrupted "But he’s still not exactly the life of anyone’s party I don’t think I’ve ever seen him smile"

"Mother said he used to sed, "wellyou know"

Ghleanna took another gulp of wine "Father’s way of raising us differs frouard I’ve never been captured or har battle"

"Aye That’s true"

Curious at what their reactions ht be, Rhiannon admitted, "Bercelak smiles at me"