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    Chapter 3
     
    An hour later, I’m sitting in the great hall of the palace near the river and the humongous mountain ash tree that grows in the center.  Isla and Dagda are off talking to various staff people and Mom is tagging along.  Dad really didn’t want to come here so I assured him that he could leave all this stuff to us and only come for the ceremony tomorrow.  When I say us, I mean everyone else making the plans and doing all the work, and me sitting on this bench trying to design a wedding dress.
     
    “How is it coming,” Kallen asks.  He sits down next to me.
     
    I pick up the pad of paper and hold it to my chest.  “You’re not supposed to see my dress until the wedding?”
     
    His brow scrunches up.  “Why not?”
     
    “It’s bad luck.”
     
    He laughs and kisses me on the cheek.  “Do you really think it is possible to have any more bad luck than we have already had?”  That statement is going to come back and bite us both in the butt.  I just know it.  “We will deal with whatever comes to us,” he whispers in my ear and then puts his delicious lips on my neck.
     
    “Mm mmm, you are not helping me concentrate on my dress,” I complain with no intention of making him stop.
     
    “If we get married sky-clad then you can focus on this instead of that pad of paper,” he says and he nips my ear playfully.
     
    I push his head away with my shoulder.  “And have ever female Fairy in the room lusting after your naked body?  I don’t think so.”
     
    He laughs as he sits up straight.  “Point taken.  I do not believe I would like every male Fairy in the room lusting after your body, either.”
     
    “Am I interrupting something?” Alita asks with an amused smile on her face.  She works at the palace as Dagda’s dark magic detector.  She gets a searing headache whenever she’s around it.  Not the best job in the world but she’s happy with it.
     
    “Nothing we cannot finish later,” Kallen says with a wink. 
     
    Alita’s cheeks color slightly as she shakes her head.  “You two are never going to come out of your room after the ceremony.”
     
    “Only to find Tabitha,” Kallen says and Alita’s face sobers.
     
    “I am so sorry.  What can I do to help?”
     
    Kallen starts to say something but I cut him off.  “Do the Dragons use black magic?” I ask.
     
    Kallen thinks about it a moment.  I’m pretty sure he knows where I’m going with this.  “Yes and no.  Their magic is very old so it is difficult to tell the good from the bad.  There is only a fine line between the two when using ancient magic.”
     
    “Do you think I would be able to tell?” Alita asks.  She looks excited that she may be able to offer real help.  So Kallen had better say yes even if he doesn’t think she can.
     
    He doesn’t disappoint.  “I believe you would be a powerful asset in our rescue party.”
     
    Alita is beaming with pride.  Her magic is weak and she always feels inadequate because of that.  I try to convince her that it doesn’t matter but she has lived in this realm her entire life where almost everyone can outperform her magic-wise, so it’s a tough sell. 
     
    “I will be ready whenever you need me,” she says.
     
    “We’re going to leave about mid-afternoon tomorrow.  After you’ve been my Lady in Waiting at the hand-fasting,” I say.  It’s like a maid of honor for a princess.
     
    “Really?” she says shyly.
     
    I laugh.  “Since you’re my best friend and the only female friend I have, I think you’re pretty much the clear choice for the job.”
     
    Alita raises a teasing brow.  “Always good to know I have been picked because you are incapable of making other friends.”
     
    I can’t resist.  I stick my tongue out at her.  “Don’t you have work to do?”
     
    She smiles and nods.  “Yes, I do