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without shouting.
    “Ian. Let me return home. I don’t feel any safer here. Abarta is Sidhe, isn’t he? What makes you think I’m safer here? At least at home I know what looks out of place. I just saw a tiny flying creature. It emits a sparkly powder and seems to have rather a large effect on your air quality. Tell me what that was.” Excitement and fear mingled in his rushed words. This was all too strange.
    “That was a pixie, ” Tessa answered.
    “A pixie!” Nathan sputtered. “What else is out there?”
    “Lots of things,” she told him, and he could tell she was amused by his sudden turn of conversation.
    Ian just looked between the two of them, a mischievous smile playing about his lips.
    Tessa glared at Ian for a moment, but then gave him a small smile in return. Friendly. Nathan got the feeling these two had known each other for a long time. And possibly known each other well.
    Nathan shoved back a sudde n bright burst of jealousy. The feeling was completely inappropriate, as he was not interested in the beautiful yet strange creature standing arrogantly before him.
    “Just wait a few more days, Nathan. We’ll sort this all out. In the meantime…yes, here she is.” A haunting chime filled the air, seeming to come from everywhere at once. A second later a knock sounded on Tessa’s door.
    Tessa opened it, and then stood back, a strange look overcoming the control she was apparently trying for.
    “Nathan, this is my wife, Hazel.”
    Hazel came forward and gripped Nathan’s hand. She was a beauty, but didn’t have quite the strange, ethereal quality to her features that the other Sidhe he’d seen possessed.
    “You can tell already, can’t you? I’m another like you. Half human. But I had the advantage of growing up knowing what I am. I can’t imagine finding out you’re not a hundred percent human.”
    Her look of concern made Nathan want to melt, but he stood straight. It was good to know there were more like him. “So you’re not under threat of assassination?”
    “No, but I may be part of the reason you are. Our marriage has rocked some foundations of Sidhe society. I’m sorry, it certainly wasn’t our intention.” Nathan looked from Hazel to her husband, who was obviously very much in love with this woman. Could he blame them for following that passion?
    “I don’t blame you,” Nathan smiled to set her at ease. It wouldn’t be fair to take out his frustration on her. Besides, the best smell ever was permeating the air, and it seemed to be coming from the bags Hazel carried. His nose suddenly outranked his brain. “Is that for me?”
    “ Yes,” she laughed. “I brought food from beyond the veil.”
    “Pulled-pork sandwiches. And curly f ries. You’re my type of woman,” Nathan told her with a big grin, his first since finding himself in this surreal situation.
    Ian glared, but then let out a loud laugh. “Don’t get too used to having common ground with my wife, Nathan. I’m a jealous man.”
    Nathan just nodded as he dug into the sandwiches Hazel had brought for him.
    “ Nathan, you should know you probably don’t have anything to fear from the Otherworld food. I’m half-Sidhe, and I come and go freely between the worlds, without worrying about packing in my own food. But just to make sure you’re comfortable, I brought more groceries, too. Where would you like me to put them?” Hazel turned to Tessa. Instead of answering, Tessa reached out for the bags, and then she promptly left the room with them.
    Hazel stared after her f or a moment, then looked at Ian and shrugged.
    “What’s that all about?” Nathan asked.
    Hazel seemed to consider for a moment before she said, “Ian and Tessa were together years ago, and she doesn’t like that he married me.”
    The way she phrased that told Nathan it wasn’t merely jealousy of an ex. “She has a problem with half-humans?”
    “You’re full of questions, aren’t you? Don’t worry. You’re safe here. Tessa’s been