“To see and to help – but only indirectly. I could take no overt action.”
“Way back when, you insisted that I find at least one dragon, one serpent and one human from Aerianna to help with the Quest. You nudged me into forming the Hameggattic Sisterhood.”
“It seemed best.”
“Yeah. Without them none of the rest of this would have come about.”
“Perhaps. Perhaps not.”
“And you helped me choose the right girls, didn’t you?”
“It was you who chose.”
“Liar. Did you have anything to do with Sylvia?”
“That was Rose’Alynnia.”
“Tree, what are you?”
“What do you think?”
“I think you’re just like Zynnia. I think you created Aerianna and you hung around to make sure your experiment worked.”
“Not quite. Those that created this world created me.”
“So what are you?”
“A tree.”
“Liar. Do you love me?”
She could feel the Tree smile. “Your mind works in mysterious ways.”
“Do you? Or am I just someone that you needed to do your dirty work?”
“At the beginning. But that changed. You changed me.”
“When you leave Sighing Whorl . . . does that mean you’re going to die?”
“No. There are others of my kind and I will join them.”
“I’m glad.”
“As am I. I have been alone for more than a thousand years. Only Rose can understand the loneliness.”
“I’m so sorry.”
“You made it less burdensome. I have followed your life with much interest.”
“Was my speech stupid?”
“It was you.”
“Why was I chosen for all this? Just because I was descended from Dazzle?”
“In part. But it took someone more special than just that. The battles you fought; they were never about great strength but about strength of character.”
“Will I ever see you again?”
“No. For that I am truly sad.”
“When will you go?”
“Soon.”
“Then you won’t be around to help Syl’kie when she becomes Flying Girl.”
“She will have her Feminion. She will have Ellie Rose.”
“Syl was right.”
“Indeed.”
“How long will I have to wait for my second daughter to be born?”
“Fifteen minutes.”
“What does that mean?”
“You carry almost identical twins.”
“TWINS? Oh, my gosh.”
Look for book 8 of Ever After
Syl’kie and Ellie Rose
The Final Book of
Egg and the Hameggattic Sisterhood
The Red Queen [Book 7 of Ever After, an Egg and the Hameggattic Sisterhood novel] Page 12