Remi
“I’m so glad you got here safely,” Alec said, hugging us both the moment we stepped though the portal. “I was actually about to call you home myself.”
“Why?” Juno asked, stepping away from the hug.
“We found the man.” It was Henriette who replied, walking over to us with the rest of the rulers. We were in the portal room and it looked like it was only us and the rulers for now. The room was way bigger than I thought, being able to see its entirety now that it wasn’t filled with people.
“My bio dad?” I asked, just to be certain we were on the same page.
“Yes,” Alec replied. “We got permission from Derek to visit his memories, even those he’d repressed. We promised not to tell anyone what we saw, but we got his face and name easily.”
“So?” Juno asked hopefully.
“He’s been stripped of his magic, or what was left anyway,” Trise replied.
“He’s here?” I asked, feeling uncomfortable being close to the man I shared DNA with.
“He’s in our prison, not here,” Alec reassured me. “We’re having a meeting later today with everyone. We won’t tell you anything else until then.”
“We can wait,” we assured them, understanding they didn’t want to tell the story a hundred times but just once.
“What was your bad news?” Alec asked, likely remembering why we’d come home early.
Juno, being amazing, answered for us. “We went to say goodbye to Remi’s parents, but his mom got weirdly defensive over him leaving the country, to the point where I had to force them asleep.”
The rulers shared knowing looks. “We figured they wouldn’t be happy.”
“Why?” I asked.
“Later,” Alec assured me, holding my shoulder and giving me an understanding smile. “Rest until then. We’ve called the others and they’ll be here in five hours.”
We left their property and returned home. Walking in silence as I processed everything. My mom had grabbed a knife, did she plan on using it? Would she have locked me up in their house? Was someone after me? All these questions and no answers.
Once we were home, we went straight for the couch. “Want to watch some reality TV?” Juno asked, wanting me to think about something else. I loved him. I didn’t care if it was because he could sense my emotions, just that he cared enough about me to fix them.
“I would love to.” I snuggled into him and began flipping through the channels. It would’ve been so much easier if the remote held a keyboard too, making typing easier. Maybe with magic it could be done like their slates. I began searching underneath the coffee table for some paper to write it down.
“You know,” Juno began. “Wouldn’t it be cool if you didn’t have to pick one letter at a time. It would be much easier if you had keyboard attached instead of a remote control.”
I thought I’d died.
“Yeah,” I replied, smiling and tearing up a little. “Maybe I can make that for us some day.”
“I hope you can.” He smiled.
I finally had someone to share my passion with. It was the best gift ever.
Two hours later, we were still on the couch.
“That’s not realistic at all!” Juno complained. We’d set it up so we could watch TV from my world, using magic, of course, and now we were watching Hallmark Christmas movies, because I needed cheering up, and this always worked.
“That’s the point!” I defended with a laugh. “It’s like magic in some ways. That’s why people love these movies.”
“But without mates they can’t be certain they’re forever. It makes no sense why they say it’s happily ever after.”
I loved how passionate he got. “I doubt it would be as fun if it was with mates. We already know we’re mates, there’s no drama, no what ifs,” I countered.
“I bet people would still love it.” He pouted, crossing his arms and looking absolutely adorable.
