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“Land and sea are not often joined,” said the Luidaeg, addressing the three people in front of her. “Shipwrecks are more common than survivors. Why should Faerie honor your request to expand your bridal bed?” “Simon Torquill is the only person in this world I’ve loved longer than I’ve loved my wife. She has never had the whole of my heart, nor has she pursued it,” said Patrick. “We would have included him when we were first wed, had he not been married to a woman who didn’t share.” “I knew when I allowed Patrick to court me that he came as a package deal with the man he called ‘brother’ only because Amandine forbade him to use the word ‘lover,’” said Dianda. “I’ve survived a century in the Undersea with a Daoine Sidhe by my side. I can handle a few centuries more with two of them.” “I don’t have a good argument for you,” said Simon. “I can only tell you that I’ve loved Patrick Lorden longer than I’ve loved anyone else, except for Amy and August, and I can’t be with Amy anymore. I need a place to rest. I need peace. Dianda and I may not love each other yet, but I have faith that we will. Just give us the time we need.” [...] “The three of you have presented a compelling case for why this should be permitted, and love is rare enough in Faerie that I trust you to nurture and care for it. Dianda, if you’d lied and claimed to already love him, I would have denied you, but you want to tend a garden as yet fallow, and I respect your ambition. Patrick, you have been faithful to two people for over a hundred years. Simon, beloved failure…you deserve the chance to rest. By the power once granted to me by my father and never yet rescinded, I now declare you husbands and wife.”

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“I don’t have anywhere to go,” said Simon. “My brother will have me elf-shot on a slab before I can finish telling him that I’m coming home to stay. I don’t have a home in the human world any longer; I sold the apartment after my patroness feigned her death and left me with no need for legitimate business ties. Amy’s tower is the only home available to me right now.” “That’s never been true,” said Patrick. “Even if you think it is, it’s not the case. I would have taken you with me from the start if not for Amandine. I love you.” “We love you,” said Dianda. She stepped forward, resting a hand on Patrick’s shoulder, while Dean looked quietly horrified. “I’ve never forgotten how much help you were when I was courting Patrick. We could never have navigated the differences between our cultures if you hadn’t been there to encourage him to try and keep me from swimming away. You had his heart before I did, and part of it has always belonged exclusively to you. I’ve never tried to win it away.” Simon stared at her, speechless. I had to admit, I understood the reaction. I’d known they wanted me to find Simon because he and Patrick had been friends when Patrick still lived in the Mists. I hadn’t expected it to be because they were trying to get me to facilitate a threesome.