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That’s one of the reasons that I support their work.”
Carol gave me that look. “Husband of mine…”
I laughed. “Yes, my dear. I’ll take you to Starford Stronghold as soon as you’re ready.”
Father chuckled. “It sounds like my stories may have sent you on a mission, son. The good news is, west of Starford there are wide open plains without people. Della tells me that it might be time for you and Carol to be away from folks for a while.”
Carol nodded. “I had a very vivid dream last night about the wind circling in a tunnel to the clouds. Aunt Della warned me to listen to my dreams and I wouldn’t want to cause that thing near Wizard’s Castle!”
Father agreed, “It sounds like you’re describing a tornado. They are very destructive and I don’t think I’ve even heard of them in this realm before. If you think that you might accidently create one, an open area would be advisable.”
I nodded. “Aunt Alba has told me that she’s learned about everything she can at Wizard’s. Anything else she should be able to do through visualization. I’m sure that I can help her with that. It’s how the ‘sibs’ have always done everything!”
Carol smiled. “I’ll miss our dinners together, but I’ll get the packs ready. We can leave first thing in the morning.”
Father laughed. “She makes up her mind and then acts on it. That must be how she captured the wanderer. We all love you, Carol. Any time that you need the family, we’ll be here for you.”
Carol winked. “Thank you, Your Majesty. It’s nice knowing that I have a king at my beck and call.”
Father laughed. “Now you’re going for Alba’s ornery title! You two get out of here, before I get too attached to let you leave.”
We took our leave and went different directions. Carol went up to begin packing the packs and I went looking for my mother. I located her in her room and let her know that we were leaving in the morning.
Mother spoke softly as always, “Be careful out there. I know you will, but it’s my job to say that. Don’t stay gone as long as you have been, because there are two of you I’ll have to worry about. The nice thing is, now we all have telepathy and can contact each other. Della told us that she didn’t think that the skill had a maximum range. I should be able to receive updates from anywhere.”
I smiled. “I love you, Mom, and will check in often. After all these years, one would think that you’d quit worrying about me.”
“That will never happen, my son. I’m your mother and a mother always worries. Take care of Carol for me too. She’s a wonderful girl and she will be good for you.”
“I will, Mother, and I’m happy that you get along so well with my wife.” I kissed her goodbye and went to the roof of the dorm.
In our room I learned that Carol had both packs ready to go with the tent attached. She’d loaded plenty of dried edibles in case we found ourselves out for longer than we’d anticipated. I was proud of the job she’d done, considering that she’d only been in the wandering business for a short time.
As we lay in bed I decided to find out her plans. “Carol, I know that the conversation you had with Father has you upset. What are you thinking about doing?”
“I want to go to Starford and talk to your brother about the shelter. Your father said that some of the girls around there had been forced into working in pubs or inns. Then I want to go talk to your brother Davie, since he’s the only one of the sibs to have visited the other realm. If you deem it possible, I’d like for us to go there and explore. If we happened to run across girls that were being forced into the sex trade, I might want to try to help out.”
I laughed. “All of those, ‘if I deem’ or ‘I want’ and ‘you might try to help’, make me think you have the plan laid out and expect me to go along with it.”
She raised her eyebrows. “How about I soften you up a little? Well… perhaps
Carol gave me that look. “Husband of mine…”
I laughed. “Yes, my dear. I’ll take you to Starford Stronghold as soon as you’re ready.”
Father chuckled. “It sounds like my stories may have sent you on a mission, son. The good news is, west of Starford there are wide open plains without people. Della tells me that it might be time for you and Carol to be away from folks for a while.”
Carol nodded. “I had a very vivid dream last night about the wind circling in a tunnel to the clouds. Aunt Della warned me to listen to my dreams and I wouldn’t want to cause that thing near Wizard’s Castle!”
Father agreed, “It sounds like you’re describing a tornado. They are very destructive and I don’t think I’ve even heard of them in this realm before. If you think that you might accidently create one, an open area would be advisable.”
I nodded. “Aunt Alba has told me that she’s learned about everything she can at Wizard’s. Anything else she should be able to do through visualization. I’m sure that I can help her with that. It’s how the ‘sibs’ have always done everything!”
Carol smiled. “I’ll miss our dinners together, but I’ll get the packs ready. We can leave first thing in the morning.”
Father laughed. “She makes up her mind and then acts on it. That must be how she captured the wanderer. We all love you, Carol. Any time that you need the family, we’ll be here for you.”
Carol winked. “Thank you, Your Majesty. It’s nice knowing that I have a king at my beck and call.”
Father laughed. “Now you’re going for Alba’s ornery title! You two get out of here, before I get too attached to let you leave.”
We took our leave and went different directions. Carol went up to begin packing the packs and I went looking for my mother. I located her in her room and let her know that we were leaving in the morning.
Mother spoke softly as always, “Be careful out there. I know you will, but it’s my job to say that. Don’t stay gone as long as you have been, because there are two of you I’ll have to worry about. The nice thing is, now we all have telepathy and can contact each other. Della told us that she didn’t think that the skill had a maximum range. I should be able to receive updates from anywhere.”
I smiled. “I love you, Mom, and will check in often. After all these years, one would think that you’d quit worrying about me.”
“That will never happen, my son. I’m your mother and a mother always worries. Take care of Carol for me too. She’s a wonderful girl and she will be good for you.”
“I will, Mother, and I’m happy that you get along so well with my wife.” I kissed her goodbye and went to the roof of the dorm.
In our room I learned that Carol had both packs ready to go with the tent attached. She’d loaded plenty of dried edibles in case we found ourselves out for longer than we’d anticipated. I was proud of the job she’d done, considering that she’d only been in the wandering business for a short time.
As we lay in bed I decided to find out her plans. “Carol, I know that the conversation you had with Father has you upset. What are you thinking about doing?”
“I want to go to Starford and talk to your brother about the shelter. Your father said that some of the girls around there had been forced into working in pubs or inns. Then I want to go talk to your brother Davie, since he’s the only one of the sibs to have visited the other realm. If you deem it possible, I’d like for us to go there and explore. If we happened to run across girls that were being forced into the sex trade, I might want to try to help out.”
I laughed. “All of those, ‘if I deem’ or ‘I want’ and ‘you might try to help’, make me think you have the plan laid out and expect me to go along with it.”
She raised her eyebrows. “How about I soften you up a little? Well… perhaps
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