Part Forty-Three

Sierra felt the air shift at the same time I did and I smiled. We had finished making the soup and Sierra had surprised me by baking bread. We had just scooped them all into containers and placed them in the fridge when Octavia appeared.

“You summoned me Griffin,” Octavia said as she appeared in the kitchen doorway.

“Thank you for coming Octavia,” I said and looked at Sierra.

“Nice to see you again Sierra,” Octavia said.

“It is?” she asked.

“I was about to make coffee,” I said and Octavia nodded.

“Why is my presence needed? You don’t look half dead this time,” she said.

“I recently found out that Sierra is a nymph, but nobody knows enough about them, we were hoping that you could help,” I said to her.

“Aren’t you two cute, ‘we’,” she chuckled.

I finished the coffee and we all sat down in the living room as Octavia made herself comfortable. We sat in silence for a few minutes as Octavia sat deep in thought. I knew better than to disturb her, she’d start talking when she was ready.

“Wha