Chapter 38: You're Actually Not That Bad

Harmony was having the time of her life conducting research with Talori. She hadn't met such an interesting fae since Brennan and that happened seventeen years ago.

He had lived in the area for decades already but they didn't meet during her first few years of living there because she never happened to be at the desk when he came by her coven. They hit it off and had seen each other multiple times a week since.

She knew their friendship was considered unusual but didn't care because he had such interesting things to say. It was a win-win.

And now he had brought her yet another interesting fae! Talori was a goldmine of information about merfolk that no other witches had access to. Well, aside from Piper. Who had nosed her way into Harmony's business.

Thankfully, no one else seemed to have figured out that a mermaid was hanging out in her office every day yet. They already knew she was the type to let random fae hang around because of Brennan so no one was suspicious since he was always the one to drop Talori off and pick her up.

It was considered polite in fae society to remove your glamour when alone with other fae but since Brennan was such a familiar figure around here they never bothered to close the store for him and let him go straight back when humans were around. He took his glamour off once inside Harmony's office so Talori followed suit. None of her fellow coven members but Piper had seen her with her glamour off so they had no clue what race of fae she was.

They were probably somewhat curious because you didn't often see fae in wheelchairs but no one said anything. They probably assumed she was some wingless fairy who had gotten into an accident considering who she was with.

Harmony would happily let them keep assuming that so she didn't have to share her research. Piper butting in was bad enough but at least she would be able to use her boat-driving abilities to conduct further research out at sea. That was the one plus to her involvement.

The great part about this was that Talori was equally enthused about what they were doing. Harmony had rarely seen such a willing research subject.

The mermaid was easily excited and had as many questions as she did. That kept them plenty occupied while Brennan was at work. Talori did seem to wish he was here with them on a somewhat regular basis though. She frequently borrowed Harmony's phone to text him on his lunch breaks and was enthralled by how it worked.

Everything was going great until she said something offhandedly about how her magic was nothing in comparison to her brother's. "Zale is much stronger than I am! He taught me more about magic than my tutor ever did.

"He's the strongest merman in our part of the ocean both in magic and in combat. I've never seen anyone beat him and I watch him spar with his mermen nearly every day. He knows he's the best but he still always wants me to praise him."

Her fond tone changed and suddenly became choked with tears. "I hope he's doing okay without me there to praise him or make him laugh. He's so clinical all the time because he has to be. I'm his only source of love and he is mine.

"We're all each other has. Before I met Brennan he was the only one who ever cared about my interest in the surface. He brought me all sorts of presents that ended up near our kingdom. He told me to tell him everything I learn here once I come home but I don't want to do that. I want to tell him about it now!"

Harmony was at war with herself. On one hand, she was incredibly concerned that this bright, cheerful fae was crying so hard. On the other, she was eager to get her hands on more mermaid tears to experiment with. The ones they had were precious, scarce, and typically saved to be sold to other fae who needed them rather than saved for experimentation.

"Talori…it's okay. You won't be apart forever," she soothed, holding out a handkerchief for the mermaid to dab her eyes with.

Her words were not soothing enough. "We have never been apart this long! I have seen him every day my whole life until I came here. And now I don't know when I am going to see him again. What if it's decades? What if it's centuries? I can't go home until he becomes the merking because everyone thinks I'm dead!"

Talori sobbed like the world was ending for quite some time, completely soaking the handkerchief. Harmony gave up on trying to comfort her verbally and ended up awkwardly patting her shoulder.

She did calm down eventually and Harmony was able to extract the mermaid tears from the handkerchief and put them in a little bottle to experiment with later but she still felt like she needed to give Brennan a heads up because Talori was acting more subdued than usual afterward, clearly still thinking about her brother and the home she had left behind.

He must have done something after he picked her up because the next day the mermaid was back to her usual self. When Harmony asked about it she replied enthusiastically.

"We went to the movies! Popcorn has the most interesting texture and there were so many types of candies there though we only got two to share and I have never seen anything like it in my entire life!"

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Harmony smiled and thought, 'Good job, Brennan!' He managed to introduce her to something that distracted her so fully it spilled over into the next day. Talori went on about their time at the movies for more than thirty minutes before asking if she could borrow Harmony's phone to look up more information about the comic book characters the movie had been based on.

Her friend was much shrewder than she originally thought. By introducing her to internet research the distraction would last much longer than a few days.

Harmony had long thought Brennan was the smartest fairy she had ever met but it was times like this that truly drove it home. She told Castian all about it on Friday night when he asked her how her week went.

"Honestly, he handles her like a pro. They haven't even known each other that long. I'm impressed," she finished.

"He does seem exceedingly patient with her questions," he remarked. "I thought that from the first time I met them. What are you planning on doing with the mermaid tears?"

"All sorts of things! I want to run a variety of tests to see if they can be used for more than healing. You know they're a primary ingredient in most poultices. If they can do that, I'm willing to bet there's all sorts of untapped potential!"

Harmony went on about her plans for quite some time while sitting next to Castian on the couch and didn't realize exactly how long she went on for until she glanced at the clock. "It's nearly ten and we haven't even started yet! Why didn't you stop me?!"

"I saw no reason to. What you were saying was interesting. Forgive me for being presumptuous, but I thought it might be easier for me to stay over again since we are planning on meeting in the morning anyway. That way it doesn't matter how late we start," he said reasonably.

She was both impressed by his foresight and flattered that he cared enough about what she had to say that he let her go on for so long. She smiled at him and crawled onto his lap to caress his face.

"Is that so?"

Castian nodded and she kissed him, her heart racing more than usual. He had been surprising her lately. And that wasn't a bad thing.

Harmony felt a bit bad for hogging the conversation so much earlier, though she had appreciated his willingness to let her talk and ask her questions to show he was engaged. She felt the need to return the favor. As they lay around sleepily afterward she asked him about his project.

He seemed surprised but told her anyway. It was rather interesting stuff. Why didn't he ever talk about it before? Oh, right. Because that wasn't the sort of relationship they had. Until a couple of weeks ago they had never gone farther than small talk.

She still didn't understand why he was suddenly interested in her life but she wasn't complaining. It was nice to talk about it to a fresh pair of ears that hadn't heard it all before.

Castian was a lot more interesting than she would have thought too. He always seemed so stoic and, dare she say, boring. Like there wasn't a thought in his head. She was beginning to realize that was simply because he was a fae of few words. He preferred listening to talking.

There wasn't anything wrong with that though. There needed to be listeners for the talkers of this world.

"Hey, Castian?" she mumbled with a yawn.

"Yes?"

"I'm glad you talk to me more now. You're actually not that bad."

Castian pulled her slightly closer so he could kiss her forehead. "I should have done it sooner. You're actually not that bad either."

Harmony let out a small laugh that he was parroting her words and then snuggled closer.. She was pretty tired with how late they stayed up so it didn't take her long to fall asleep curled up in his arms.

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