A Bath with a Merman

Havermouth, Present Time

Lyric decided that the winged man was harmless and discretely withdrew from Ember’s room, pulling the door shut behind her. She was pretty sure from the way the two dragons were gripping onto each other that they weren’t going to want an audience for the next part of their reunion.

She headed towards the kitchen to prepare another meal for Niarthen, and had just finished slicing vegetables into a bowl, when the outside sensor light activated, illuminating the front porch, and showing a figure that could only be Harry through the glass. They were carrying Jules in their arms like a groom carrying a bride across the threshold.

She debated opening the door for them but realized that both men were wearing nothing but robes, and instead grabbed the salad bowl and ducked into a crouch behind the kitchen counter. It would be very weird and hard to explain if they caught her there, she thought ruefully, but also far less embarrassing for everyone if they passed throug