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“Wait, you didn’t know that he was living in the same town that I was?” I ask.

Sully shakes his head, “No. I haven’t seen him since he brought you over. It wasn’t safe. I knew that he couldn’t get back, and he had to go into hiding to protect you, and himself.”

“Brought me over?” I ask, my eyebrows hitting my hairline because surely he can’t mean what I think he means.

Sully grimaces slightly, “I’m sorry. I should have started from the beginning instead of confusing you further. I just got caught up in the fact that I could actually speak to you about it. I’ve been trying to for years.”

I grin, “Thank you, Sully, I really appreciate that you tried to tell me. But yes, please start from the beginning so that I’m not constantly interrupting you, saying huh.”

He nods and launches right into the explanation, “Right. You were born in Trieneliea. We all knew that you were going to be born before Emeri, your mother, got pregnant. Wynonna saw it, and she also saw that the kingdom would be in turmoil, and that it was very important that you got out. Your parents were told that they would keep you safe in Trieneliea until you were five years old, but if you stayed any longer than the twenty-second day after your fifth birthday, then you and your mother would both die, and the consequences of that would be catastrophic. The Gods did not deem us worthy of knowing what those consequences were.”

Chapter Fourteen

Neith

“Whoa,” River mutters, his eyes as wide as mine. “Shit, sorry. I didn’t mean to interrupt.”

Sully smiles, “No problem. Where was I?” he pauses for a moment, “Ah yes. So that is where the plan came in. It was extremely complicated and as you already know Wynonna channeled the power of the gods for the silencing spell on the,” he pauses and then curses, “damn, I was hoping that I would be able to tell you about him as well.”

“Huh?” Coen asks.

“The Blue Fucker, remember we mentioned the vision that we all got pulled into in Ireland?” Reed reminds.

“Right,” Coen replies.

“Anyway, Wynonna also channeled the Gods to create the spells for you. There was the silencing one that we all took immediately, that covered the knowledge that you would exist, and the plan itself. It was decided that afteryour fifth birthday, you would travel to the Earth Realm, where Evander’s parents were going to be. We didn’t know why they were going to be there, but yet again, we could only know so much without it affecting the natural timeline too much, and upsetting the balance.

“We also knew that your parents, closest friends, along with me, Earnie, Draith, Murray, Ty, and Ahren, would all be in the Earth Realm as well, and we were charged with helping to keep you safe, and most importantly, hidden. None of us understood why Kyrous wasn’t included in that, but of course, we now know that it’s because he died before the gates got closed.

“It wasn’t until later that we found out Trieneliea’s gates were going to be closed, and no one would be able to open them again. We were then informed that because of the strength of the magic that would be keeping the gates closed, Wynonna wouldn’t be able to open a portal, and so we would need the help of the Gods again. It was emphasized very heavily that you were to go through the portal by yourself. That there wasn’t enough magic to send more than just you,” he smiles, and shakes his head, as memories dance through his eyes. “Of course, I wasn’t there, but I spoke to your father. Wynonna, your mother, and father, were not happy with that plan, and they devised their own. After an extremely long and emotional discussion, it was decided that your father would be the one to go through with you.

“He was a Sicarius, and he was capable of protecting you in ways that your mother couldn’t. As much as she hated it, your mother was also needed in Trieneliea, If she left, then so would her magic, and her magic was the only thing powering the wards that were erected over as many cities that she could manage, and were the only things keeping the Blue Fucker’s abominations out.

“They arranged it all, and the amount of added magic that Wynonna would have to put in nearly killed her. The God showed up, and instead of just you going through the portal, your father jumped through with you. Therewas no way that they could open it again, it was a one-time thing, and the God, along with Wynonna, were too weak to even attempt to do it again.

“The Gods are cantankerous bastards, though, and also knew things that we didn’t. They said that there was a reason why he couldn’t be with you. Eamon, Calia, and your father, all tried to reason with the Gods. They suggested you both go into hiding, and multiple other things that were all turned down. In the end, it was agreed that the safest thing for you was for the plan to go ahead as it was supposed to. You were to stay with Eamon and Calia. The Gods were so pissed that your father had gone against them, that he was forced to take your memories from before you arrived, and also told that he had to stay away from you like he would have if you had come over by yourself.

“I’m not sure what they threatened him with, or what they told him, but it was enough to know that you were safer with Eamon and Calia. He was absolutely distraught, and we all felt it. He was forced to go into hiding, and told that under no circumstances was anyone to know that he was here, the fate of the realms depended on everything happening exactly how it was supposed to, and that he’d already messed that up by coming through the portal too.” Sully finishes explaining, and I just sit there staring at him in absolute shock.

That was a lot of information.

I was born in Trieneliea?

More importantly to me, it’s clear that I was very loved.

“Fate of the Realms?” I ask, as what he’s said sinks in.

Sully’s eyebrows pull down over his eyes in a heavy frown, “Yes, they never quite explained that one.”

“Of course they didn’t,” Raiden mutters, entirely unsurprised by the revelation.

“How did my father manage to talk to me and things then? I mean, he helped me buy a house,” I ask.

Sully grins, “Your father was very good at finding loopholes, and I imagine that since you were no longer a child, so long as he didn’t tell you who he was to you, and still kept some sort of distance, that was enough to appease the Gods. You have to remember what he was. When it really comes down to it, the Gods are fucking terrified of him and want to keep him on their side to a certain extent.”

I return Sully’s smile with one of my own, “That is so fucking cool. So no one has seen him since he dropped me off?”

Sully shakes his head, “No. Well, I haven’t, and I know that Draith and Earnie haven’t. I’m not sure about the others, but if anyone had heard from him after that night, then it would have been Eamon and Calia. They were the ones that were entrusted with you.”

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