Chapter 73: That's Me

"That makes sense," Harmony said.

Philomena shrugged. "It was a long time ago anyway. I don't even know what he's up to these days. I don't think he stayed in the area or I would have seen him around at some point." 

Right. Witches were always aware of the fae in their coverage area sooner or later. Especially if they were involved in fae-run businesses like elves tended to be. They were probably the most visible fae.

"Do you remember his name?"

"Yeah. It would be hard not to since we were together for over a century. Cirdan Etchelion. I don't remember exactly what he looked like at this point since it's been so long since I've seen him but I do remember that much," Philomena told her. 

Cirdan Etchelion, huh? Harmony couldn't recall anyone with that name from back home. He must have moved like her mother thought. 

She had never given much thought to her father but, now that the father of her own child wanted to stick around against tradition, she couldn't deny she was curious. But he was probably like most elves and had forgotten all about her not long after splitting with her mother. 

Elves never paid any mind to their witch children. They weren't the most family-oriented fae. They valued children for continuing both races but all fae children were considered precious. They didn't stick with family units. 

Castian was one of the weird ones. But Harmony was glad he was. She really hadn't wanted to say goodbye and now she didn't have to. 

They could deal with anything their decision ended up throwing at them. She hoped. 

The subject ended up changing because her mother finally couldn't hold back her curiosity about the merfolk research and Harmony ended up telling her all about it. She also confessed that Blair already knew about it so, if they wanted to do something in their coverage area, they could work on it together. 

"Ugh, Blair finds out about everything first! I suppose I need to call you more often," Philomena mused. 

Harmony laughed, grateful that she didn't seem too mad about that. Her mother had always been fairly quick to get over things. 

"I need to be better about calling too. Don't stress too much about what's going on, okay? You've got this. You're one of the toughest witches I know. Hang in there and tell everyone I said hi!" 

"Will do. Thanks, Mom."

Harmony ended the call right as she heard a knock on the door. Brennan. He must have just gotten off work. What timing!

She let him in with a smile to try and make him feel better since he was always so down these days. "Hey, Brennan! How was your day? Did anything interesting happen?"

"Not in the slightest. You?"

"Well, I've been working on this scuba suit all day while talking to my mom and aunt on the phone. I need to get it finished before we go visit Talori in a few weeks. It'll be a lot easier to get a hold of her after that!" 

Brennan perked up slightly at the reminder that he would be seeing her soon. "That's true. How does the communication device work, anyway?"

Harmony launched into an explanation of the magic and mechanics involved. He had always been interested in magic but seemed particularly interested this time. Possibly because it would allow him to talk to Talori more often. 

Now that she knew it was possible for two different races of fae to have feelings for each other, she couldn't help but wonder if that was Brennan's problem. If he hadn't only lost a friend but the one he loved. 

Brennan had been a loner overall the whole time she knew him but Talori had lived with him for over a year. This might be more than a simple case of missing someone who always used to be around. And he had certainly been fond of her. That was obvious to anyone observing the two of them. 

If Castian's fondness of Harmony could be love, Brennan's fondness of Talori could be too. She really hoped it wasn't though for his sake. 

Talori was an enthusiastic fae. She trusted Brennan but that didn't mean she had feelings for him. She reacted similarly to everyone she talked to because she was so happy to be talking to them. 

Even if that wasn't an issue…fairies and merfolk were even less compatible than fairies and vampires. Their environments were completely different! A fairy could never live underwater and she had seen firsthand how inconvenient it was having a mermaid live on the surface. 

She hoped that wasn't it because, if it was, he was in for an awful lot of disappointment and heartache. Her friend had been around a lot but he was only so jaded because of everything he had lost. Could he handle any more of that?

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Harmony's worry for Brennan didn't cease but it was eclipsed by other things the closer they got to their trip. Castian was fussing over her because he was worried about water pressure and whatnot since she was pregnant but she had already accounted for that when modifying the scuba suit. She would be fine. 

Piper was driving the boat and would be stuck waiting there with it, to her great chagrin. She had wanted to see the merfolk kingdom for herself but Harmony promised to take lots of pictures. 

Arietta would be accompanying her down there to help with installation. This was not a one-witch job. 

The morning of their departure she kissed a worried Castian goodbye and told him she would see him in a few days. He wasn't happy about it but didn't protest either, knowing how excited she was about seeing merfolk in their natural habitat. 

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"Call me as soon as you're back in a signal zone, alright?"

Harmony patted his cheek with a smile. His fretting was cute. "You got it." 

She met with the other witches and Brennan at the marina and could hardly contain her excitement. This was actually happening!

Brennan seemed even more eager than the witches did, though he tried his best to hide it. Of course. He wasn't one to wear his heart on his sleeve. But she was willing to bet he was the most excited fae here because he would be seeing Talori in a matter of minutes after three months apart. 

When they arrived at the meeting spot it didn't take long for Talori and a green merman accompanying her to pop up. She waved at them energetically with a big smile on her face. 

"Hi, guys! It's so good to see you!" 

"Talori! How are you?" Brennan called down to her. 

She beamed at him. "I'm great! How are you?"

"You two can catch up with each other later," Arietta said. "We have a lot of equipment to move."

That snapped them out of their moment. "Right. You two get your scuba gear on, I'll start grabbing the bags." Brennan flew off to do that and they went to get changed. 

He cast a bubble around his head before jumping in with the others and they were all surprised to find that there was a carriage of sorts pulled by dolphins waiting for them. Brennan hadn't said anything about riding in one of those before! 

He seemed as thrown off as the rest. "Is this for us?"

Talori nodded enthusiastically. "So we can get to the kingdom faster and maximize the time you all have with us. I know you have to get back to work on Monday."

It seemed that they all might be getting home sooner than expected. That was nice. Castian wouldn't have to worry as long if she came back tomorrow night instead of Monday like originally planned. 

"That's really considerate of you. Thanks."

Everyone climbed aboard and the merfolk kingdom was in sight in less than an hour. Harmony marveled at the glistening buildings and everything else she was finally seeing after hearing it described to her. Arietta did the same but Brennan, who had been here before, was less impressed. 

He wasn't focusing on the splendor at all. He had been chatting with Talori the whole ride over. Well, she had been chatting at him and he occasionally responded when she stopped for breath. 

As they got closer to the castle, the merman who had accompanied Talori began speaking to her in Mermish. She translated what they had been saying. 

"Sir Aeces was letting me know that my brother is in a meeting. I'll show you all to your rooms. You can set your things down there then I can give you the grand tour!" 

The grand tour. Harmony couldn't wait!

They set things down and Talori and Sir Aeces led them around the castle. She explained what everything was since he didn't speak English. He followed them silently, only there to keep an eye on things.

At least that was Harmony's guess. Zale was historically overprotective of his precious sister. 

While they were swimming through the gardens, they ran into a princess parrotfish mermaid who Talori greeted enthusiastically in Mermish. She introduced her a moment later to the bemused surface-dwellers. 

"This is my sister-in-law, Aila. I've been teaching her English but she doesn't know very many words yet." 

"Hello," Aila said cautiously. "Brennan?"

Brennan seemed startled for a moment and raised his hand. "That's me."

Talori laughed. "I've told her a lot about you. You too, Harmony. And Castian. How is he?"

Harmony smiled, somehow touched that she had told her sister-in-law about her. Though she hadn't realized that Talori even had a sister-in-law. She hadn't heard anything about her brother being married before. It must have been recent. 

"He's doing well." 

"Oh good! You'll have to tell him I said hi," Talori said happily. 

"I will."

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