The Troll Queen's Bride
"You are my apprentice, sweet Turry - I shall teach you everything I know of Magick and more. And first, it begins in my rose gardens, the seat of my Magickal prowess."
I found myself having eaten breakfast in a haze, bespelled by the Beast, and whisked away to the heart of Utgardr - an open air mountain palace garden eternally enchanted to be in spring. We had walked, Jarnja and I, away from the crowds, on perilous cliff hewn paths where eagles roosted and the rocks were sharp, for a near hour, to come to this secret place. No one but the birds above us and the bugs below us knew its location, and Jarnja along the way asked me of my family, my passions, my hopes, my failings.
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