Chapter 63: When Are You Going To Be Here?

Castian would expect it too. That was always the agreement between the two of them. 

But would he really want that? He seemed to enjoy whatever strange relationship they had. He wouldn't really want to say goodbye, would he?

Harmony had wondered before if he liked her as a woman before dismissing the thought as crazy. That wasn't possible since they were two different races of fae. Their relationship was entirely transactional, even if they were friendlier with each other than they had been for the first two decades of it.

Even if they remained friends, things would be different than before. They wouldn't need to sleep together so there would be no reason to continue living in the same apartment. 

Dread filled the pit of her stomach. He had long since become her sleeping pill. How would she be able to sleep without him?

Continuing on the way they had been would be impossible even if they did stay in contact. Their business together was done. She was going to lose him one way or another and the thought sent her into a panic. 

Harmony could put this off, couldn't she? Fae pregnancies lasted three years. She wouldn't even start to show for another year. She was the only one who knew she was pregnant. She didn't have to deal with this now…but then she would have to explain herself later and it would be totally embarrassing. 

Oh, what was she even supposed to do about this?! She needed a distraction right now so she volunteered to go with Hester, who knew how to drive the boat, for the quarterly meetup with the mermaid liaison. 

She couldn't let Castian know what she was thinking and that was easier to do if she wasn't around him. Going that far out to sea and back would take most of the day. 

If she was lucky, she wouldn't have to see him at all before he went to sleep. She really hoped that was the case because she didn't know how to face him when she was aware she was carrying his child. 

Harmony was distracted the whole boat ride to the prearranged meeting place but she did her best to hold up her end of the conversation with Hester. When they arrived she finally managed to get her mind off of Castian and the issue she was facing because the merman waiting for them was unfamiliar. 

In all the years she had been doing this they always sent the same one. Something had changed. Had Zale managed to seize the throne after all?

Hester seemed similarly surprised. "What happened to Gar?"

"Gar is no longer the liaison." 

"Okay then. Who are you?"

"Beck."

The two witches exchanged a glance. That didn't give them very much information. Was he the new liaison or what?

Harmony was the first to gather her wits about her. She didn't want to give her friend away if this merman wasn't working with Talori's brother since everyone thought she was dead. It was within her best interest to act like this transaction was normal while she figured something else out. 

"Alright, Beck. Do you have the goods?"

Beck silently handed over a container filled with vials of merfolk tears. He hesitated a moment after doing so before speaking. 

"Were either of you involved in creating that magic item for the prince?"

Technically, Arietta had been the one to make it but Hester and Harmony were both aware of what it did. The former blurted, "Are you looking for the princess then?"

The stoic merman nodded. "I have been tasked to see her safely home by the new merking."

"Ooh, she's going to be so excited!" Harmony squealed. "I'll have to call her as soon as we have service again. We're kind of in the middle of nowhere. Do you mind coming aboard? It is safer for you than swimming through boat-infested waters."

Rather than answering with words, Beck began climbing the ladder on the side of the boat without prompting and hoisted himself onto the deck. He stuck out like a sore thumb and they would need him to look human when they got closer to shore. She had taught Talori to use a glamour so she should be able to teach him too. 

"Hey, you're going to need to look human. I can teach you how to do it like I taught Talori," Harmony offered. 

"Thank you," Beck said simply. 

He caught on as quickly as Talori had so it seemed he too had a great capacity for magic. Harmony and Hester both tried asking him a million questions about it but he shut them down with one- to two-word answers the whole time. 

This guy wasn't very talkative, was he? Did Talori know him? She must if he worked with her brother. 

Beck's glamour hid his tail, turned his stark white skin a pale but believable human shade, got rid of the stripes on his face, and made his long black hair look short the same way elf and vampire hair did. It still looked weird that he was sitting on the deck though so they suggested he move to a chair and he did so himself by dragging himself along the deck rather than asking for help. 

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Talori hadn't been too ashamed to ask for help maneuvering herself without the use of legs. Then again, her personality was about as different from this merman's as possible.

Harmony called her as soon as they were back in range and put her on speaker. "Hey, Talori. I have some great news for you!" 

"What is it?" she asked eagerly. 

"Do you happen to know a merman called Beck?"

A high-pitched happy squeal sounded through the phone. "No way! Beck is there? That has to mean Zale did it! Put him on!" 

"You're on speaker," Harmony told her. 

"Hello, Princess," Beck added. 

"Oh, it's SO good to hear from you! I was starting to think the day would never come. How's Zale? What ended up happening? Is everything taken care of?"

"Zale is fine. It is a long story but he is the merking now. I am sure he would be able to tell it better."

That was the most Harmony had heard him say at once. Definitely a fae of few words, even more so than Castian. Who she had miraculously managed not to think about from the moment she first saw Beck until now. 

"Did he get hurt?" Talori fretted. 

"No."

"Oh good! When are you going to be here? I need to know so I can pack and be ready to go." 

Beck looked to Harmony since he didn't know and she ended up explaining. "Maybe an hour and a half? Is Brennan around to help? If he isn't, I can send over Piper or somebody to make things go faster."

"He is. He can help me!" The line went quiet for a moment as Talori held it away from her ear to talk to him. "He wants to know if you'll be at the same marina as last time."

"We will."

"Great! We'll see you soon!" 

The call ended then and Harmony's smile at her friend's good fortune fell as she thought of something. Brennan. How was he going to react to all of this? She had worried about him having to eventually part with Talori before and that was over a year ago. 

He had a lot of time since then to get more used to having her around. He was going to be lonely as soon as she left, wasn't he?

She had the terrible thought that when things didn't work out between her and Castian that the two of them could hang out every day to try and fill the voids left behind in them both. She really didn't want to think about that. One thing at a time. 

"Who is Brennan?" Beck asked, startling her. 

Harmony didn't know how much he knew about the situation so she decided to be thorough. "He's the water fairy Talori has been staying with all this time."

"I see."

He went silent again after that and didn't speak until they arrived at the marina and could see Brennan lift Talori out of her wheelchair because the dock was too rickety for it to be pushed across. She waved enthusiastically with a huge grin on her face. 

"Beck! Over here!" 

The fairy couldn't do the easy thing and fly her over the edge of the boat because there were humans around so he very carefully brought her aboard the hard way and set her down next to where Beck was sitting. His sharp gaze looked her over thoroughly as if assessing for injuries. 

"Are you well, Princess?"

"Oh, I'm great! I can't wait to show Zale all of the stuff I got up here," Talori said eagerly before turning to her friend. "Brennan, can you bring the suitcases?"

"On it," he said. "Harmony, Hester, can you help me? There are a lot of them."

Brennan wasn't exaggerating. There were no less than half a dozen trunks full of things. That was smart.. Trunks wouldn't have as much difficulty opening and closing underwater as zippers.

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