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reminded him of home. He adored the hand-painted chest, the sturdy leather furniture. The television he would adapt to, and as for the computer… He shivered. Perhaps not.
    “Look.” She darted a glance behind her. “Can I come in? There’s something really weird going on, and I think the condo manager is out to get you, Mr. Saeter.”
    That piqued his interest. This could be a trap laid by Grimm, but he didn’t think so. When she’d denied being Skuld he couldn’t smell a lie on her. It was possible he was wrong—it had been so long since the last time he’d seen the three Norns of Fate.
    He held the door open wider. “Please do.”
    She entered cautiously and stared around the room. “Wow. It doesn’t even look like my place anymore.”
    “Because it belongs to me and my mate.” He closed the door behind her.
    “That’s just it. It doesn’t.” She took a seat on the sofa gingerly, barely making herself comfortable. Fen was careful to take the chair with the wolf heads, unwilling to make her too nervous. She seemed as if she could break at any moment. “I went on vacation recently, and when I got back I found not only has my condo been moved, my whole life has been moved. Hell, even the dust marks are still there.”
    Uh-oh. Fen was beginning to get the picture. This woman, who claimed not to be a Norn, had either shaken off his father’s misdirection spell or had never fallen under its influence to begin with. Only two races could withstand the magic of the gods—the Norns and the Valkyries, both female, both powerful in their magic. If this woman wasn’t one or the other, then she was descended from them somehow. Could she be one of Skuld’s daughters? That would account for the uncanny resemblance.
    “Hello? Am I boring you? It’s not like this little problem doesn’t affect both our lives, especially with the police involved.”
    “Police?”
    “Yeah. I think I saw a police detective knocking on one of the condo doors before I got here. If you and your…roommate somehow managed to pull a fast one the cops will figure it out before you can say ten to twenty.”
    Pappa was not going to be happy about this. “They are at my father’s, then.” He stood. “Come. We will clear this up.” He hoped. If Logan couldn’t fix this, then they were all screwed.
     
    “Gods.” Their mother was staring at them as if they’d just told her pumpkins were growing on her behind. “You’re telling me the entire Grimm family is chock full of Norse gods. And that I married one.” One of Jeanne’s eyebrows rose into her hair. Her voice was full of disbelief. “And you’re engaged to one.”
    “Yup.” Jamie sipped her coffee, but Jeff could see her hands shaking. “Do you have any creamer?”
    “Okay. Fine.” Jeanne stood and snatched the cup from Jamie’s fingers. “If you don’t want to tell me what’s going on, that’s fine. You don’t have to. But you know how I feel about being lied to.”
    Jamie took a deep breath. “Mom?”
    “Yes?” Jeanne’s voice was as cold as it ever got, which meant it was about as cold as a spring morning. The woman just didn’t have it in her to be mean to anyone.
    “Look at my chair.”
    Jeff winced. He knew where this was going—up. He now understood why Logan had asked if he and Jamie were ready for Plan A-1, because he had the feeling their butts were about to be well done.
    Jeanne shrieked as Jamie’s chair rose a good five feet off the floor. She kept going until her curls brushed the ceiling. She glowed faintly, illuminating the ceiling. “Yeah, Mom. Gods.”
    Jeanne was breathing heavily. She stood just off to the side of Jamie’s floating chair, her hands waving under it. She was breathing so hard Jeff was afraid she’d hyperventilate. “This isn’t a trick.”
    “No, it’s not. And it gets worse.”
    “Worse how?”
    Jamie floated to the ground. “Do you want to know what happened to Grimm?”
    Jeff decided enough was enough. His