love.”
He rolled out of bed and pulled on his trousers. He shoved his
shirt over his head and lastly, made sure his sword was secure across
his back. Meg just grabbed her robe. Cian led them out of the
bedroom, toward the door of the cottage.
“What on earth?” Meg asked as she was drawn into the living
area. The ivy she had woven around the doorway had invaded the
house. Thick vines of green had come in through the door and the
windows.
Cian grinned broadly. “You’re not on the Earth plane anymore,
lover. And here, things just got a little more complicated.”
Meg’s eyes grew round with wonder as she walked outside. The
marigolds she had planted in the flowerbeds at the front of the house
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had multiplied overnight. The blooms were huge and each petal
brimmed with life. Even the grass around the cottage seemed greener
and lusher than it had the previous day.
“Cian, what the hell happened here?” Beck asked.
Cian winked at Meg and let go of her hand. He pulled a large nut
seed out of his pocket and held it up for their inspection. “Well,
brother, I think I happened. You should probably stay back.”
Cian knelt down and shoved the seed into the ground. It was a
bare second before the dirt rumbled. Cian was forced to step back.
The tree shot up, fully formed from the seed Cian had planted. Meg
heard Beck curse under his breath.
“What does it mean?” Beck asked, his mouth hanging open. He
walked slowly around the new tree, inspecting it from all angles. Meg
did the same and was awed with the vitality of the thing. It was so
alive. The tree looked as though it had been there for ten or fifteen