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Chapter Thirty-Six: Lifeforce

Dinner with his family was enjoyable, and somewhere between restrained and boisterous, depending on the moment. It didn’t take North long to realize Gwali was the more disciplinarian of the two mothers, while Selwa was the more curious and open one.

It was interesting to see Orin and Mariwyn treat both women as equals, though Selwa was their biological mother. She could imagine having children someday with her men and was certain it would be the same as Orin and Mariwyn treated their mothers. There would be no distinction based on biology, which was how it should be in an arrangement such as theirs, or the one Fain shared with his wives.

After dinner, Orin took her hand and led her away from the table. “I thought we might practice some Elven magic?”

She nodded, though a little intimidated after remembering the problem she had putting out the fire the night before. Still, she was here to learn Elven magic, if she couldn’t intuitively tap into it, and she c