Free Alec the Wanderer: Generations of Eredwynn #4 by Daniel B. Harris Page B

picked up in mind to mind contact, if you’d like me to show you.”
    Seth nodded and reached for her hand. I watched and enjoyed the look of confusion when their minds touched and then shock as she guided him to the section of her mind that housed her air magic power. As they released, he looked at me. “Well, I would have never…”
    I grinned. “Neither would anyone else. It about drove poor Aunt Alba crazy when the stone floated before she activated her spell. We’ve been warned that she might manifest very powerful spells that can be destructive as her mind learns the magic. Your mother said that she’ll learn in her dreams, so this could happen without her knowing. She wants to learn about young ladies that are forced into being working girls. Then she wants to go to Father’s realm and try to help some of them, if she can. It’s a noble quest, so I’m up for it. Since I won’t be visiting the working girls anymore, I guess she can shut them down.”
    Carol gave me a sideways look. “You’re darn right you won’t be visiting working girls. I’m sure I can take care of you all by my little ol’ self. Or should we pick up a dozen Consorts for us to wander with?”
    I grinned. “I don’t even need one, my love. As long as I have you.”
    Seth rolled his eyes. “Okay, you two, get a room. The guest room across the stairs is yours for as long as you’d like. Let me send for one of my Consorts, Heather. She was an unwilling working girl and can tell Carol a lot about it. She usually works as a maid, too, but since she’s pregnant, Tabitha pulled her from that duty.”
    Tabitha cut in. “If Seth doesn’t get a hobby, we’re going to be swamped with children around here. He has the three adopted girls, Little David and three pregnant Consorts. Maybe you should take him to the other realm with you, just to protect the girls that aren’t expecting! Well, on second thought, we’d miss him too much to have him out of touch for too long.”
    I laughed. “Seven nieces and nephews from just this one brother, so far. My family was big enough before all these babies started showing up. I’ll never keep track of them all now!”
    Heather walked in the room and her first comment was, “Miss, I love that little skirt over the uniform style trousers like that! I’ll have to talk to our tailor about getting something like that! Hi, I’m Heather, by the way.”
    Seth stepped up. “Heather, this is Carol, Alec’s new wife. She would like to talk to you about the working girls, and especially the ones that don’t have a choice.”
    Heather nodded. “That’s something that I do, unfortunately, know quite a bit about. I need to stretch my legs, so if you don’t mind walking, we could go wander by the shelter.”
    Carol laughed. “If I have a problem with walking, I certainly married the wrong man. Thank you for taking the time to visit with me.” Carol kissed me and went out the door with Heather.
    As they walked away I turned to Seth. “I don’t know how long that her research will take, but I doubt it will be long. Has anyone traveled into the swamp to check out that metal from the meteor that your grandfather mentioned?”
    Seth shook his head. “You can see by looking at the fields by the shelter that we’ve all been pretty busy. If you want to wander up there, you should take Raven with you. I know you won’t run off with my girl, because your girl would come looking! But with Raven there, you’d be safer if you did run across that stuff. She could recharge your magic, and she doesn’t seem to ever get drained.”
    I laughed. “A Consort that never runs out of energy, huh? I guess you never have to look hard for company then.”
    He grinned. “Energy like that would be my darling Tina. I don’t think she could get tired of playing in the bedroom.”
    I laughed as Tabitha and Raven rolled their eyes. Then I asked, “Raven? Would you mind taking a walk in the swamp with me? That surely isn’t