Bjorn stood back watching as his wives said good bye to the group of four. The mothers seemed somewhat eager to get back to the human lands. He figured it was just them trying to get away from him faster.
"Ok you two little ladies you have fun but be good and no misbehaving."
Elraine said to the little girls who were reluctant to part with the beautiful elf and Asir. Ashlaine looked at the two women and said.
"Hey you two should probably try to stay away from pirates. I don't think my husband will always be there to save you. He does have his own family to think about ya know."
Bjorn had to stifle a chuckle that tried to slip out when he heard what Ashlaine had said. Preena and Carrie for their parts just gave weak smiles to Ashlaine clearly saying she wasn't very funny.
"Thank you again for everything you three have done for us. If you are ever in the Hemdell Region in the human lands you can come and take refuge in our home."
Preena said still trying to give her gratitude. She understood that they were extremely lucky having been saved by Bjorn and his wives. Carrie didn't saying anything just nodding her head in agreement with what Preena had said.
Carrie has been quiet since the previous night. Not that Bjorn minded though. He could have gone the rest of his life with out seeing these women. He may have come to terms with what happened in the past but it was not in anyway something he had forgotten or forgiven. Call him petty if you will but he does not care in the slightest. It is just how he feels about it all.
"All right the coordinates are all set."
The person responsible for all teleportation arrays in the hold spoke before it could become awkward. Much to Bjorn's liking. Having seen enough Bjorn turned around and walked out of the Teleportation Hall.
Saying goodbye the group of four stepped into the magic array. After around three seconds the array lit up and became so bright you couldn't see into the center of it.
***
Arriving in the Hemdell Region, Preena, Carrie and their daughters moved towards the center of the small city. There a large palace could be seen.
Stepping into the main hall they could see a sturdy looking man. He was currently berating a group of seafarers.
"I don't give a damn if you think they can't be found! I want my wife and daughter found as soon as possible. I don't care what you have to do! I cannot lose them! Do you hear me, if I lose them then I will wipe out all of your bloodline all the way down to the last child!"
Preena felt sweet in her heart hearing how anxious and worried he sounded right now. She felt maybe she did do something wrong by cheating on and leaving Bjorn all those years ago. But Scala had pushed her into the arms of this man and all she can say is at least he loves her and her daughter.
"Jormund, we are back."
She called out and Juliana couldn't hold back any longer. Wresting her hand from her mother she ran as fast as she could calling out "daddy" over and over again. Finally reaching him she jumped straight into his chest and started crying with all her little might.
The man looked at his daughter and finally felt the weight on his shoulders start to fade slightly. Looking up to see his wife, tears slowly started to form in his eyes. He spoke voice full of emotion.
"Preena, my love..."
Opening his other arm he beckoned for her to come closer and embraced her tightly as the weight finally disappeared completely. He had his family back and could not be any happier than he was right now. Unknown to him his tears had finally fell in vast rivers down his checks as he lost control of his emotions.
Seeing this scene from afar Carrie's daughter Kimberly shook her mothers hand lightly to get her attention.
"Momma lets go home I want to see my daddy too."
Looking down at her daughter Carrie saw she too was crying and looking at the scene in front of her with longing in her little doll like eyes.
"Ok baby, lets go now. Momma misses your daddy too."
Turning around with her daughter in tow Carrie went to order transportation for herself and her daughter to go home. The only thing that could be heard as she walked away was a sigh filled with acceptance.
***
"Alright love they are gone."
"Nmm, okay lets go find mother and see about when we can actually hold our wedding. I want to marry the both of you as soon as possible."
Giggling at their lover the girls each grabbed a hand of his and held it close as they followed him down the road towards his mothers arboretum. Gaia tended to either engross herself in making new plant species or taking care of plants that should have gone extinct eons ago.
Walking along Ashlaine spoke up about something that had been on her mind for awhile.
"Bjorn, what happened when you went to deal with that void beast?"
Widening her eyes in surprise and disbelief Elraine smacked her forehead with her free hand.
"Oh my, I cant believe I forgot about that. Though there was a lot going on at that point in time."
Turning to look at Bjorn she asked him to explain what happened as well.
"Well, after I separated from the two of you I went to where it was being held. When I got there it was sleeping but it had this nasty array formed around its neck. As I got closer to it though it woke up and it just stared at me. I could feel this things power so I was quite surprised that they had it trapped."
" I am betting that they had some special trap made for it and that array was just the part of it that suppressed it."
"That is exactly what I thought as well Ash. Anyways since I didn't see any hostility from it I broke the array and jumped back to give it room. Before I knew it though it had pinned me to the ground with one of its paws."
"Wait paws? What did this thing look like Bjorn?" Asked Ashlaine with a puzzled look on her face.
"Mmm, it looked like a silvery wolf that had an ethereal glow to it. It was quite large too. I would say about 3 meter in height and at least 9 meter in length."
"Just so you two know void beast can vary greatly in there size and shape. They have been known to come in a varied amount of different forms from animal to humanoid to even monster shaped."
Looking at his smart elf lover Bjorn squeezed her hand affectionately.
"Thank you for the information El. Ok, so the beast had me pinned down and it was getting its head closer and closer to me and to be honest I thought it was going to eat me. Instead it pressed its head against mind and I felt knowledge of the void flow into my head and then it helped me learn to control bits of the void. I think it was just giving me thanks for releasing it. It then just faded from my sight. So I mean it was pretty cool to get a small power up but besides that nothing really happened."
Bjorn finished his story with a shrug of his shoulders not really thinking to much about the encounter. His wives on the other hand were staring at him as if he were a monster. Elraine had already told Ashlaine that controlling the void was pretty much impossible but here was Bjorn able to once again do what others couldn't.
"Sheesh love cant you have a normal trip ever?"
Ashlaine asked with a grin on her face. Bjorn his head towards her smiled and was about to speak when he felt something.
"Loves, go to my mother I have to go and take care of something really quick."
Bjorn spoke quickly kissing both women on there cheeks before disappearing with a flash of lightning.
"Well, ok then. He kind of just does whatever comes up at that moment huh?"
"Yeah but that is ok. It is something that I adore about him."
"What are you talking about woman he just left us when we were supposed to go talk about our wedding."
"Hehe, you don't understand there isn't much that could make our Bjorn move like that with out him explaining himself before hand."
"Ok, so what is your point?"
"Oh nothing much."
"C'mon spill it elf."
"Haha ok ok it has got to be because he is finally here."
"Who?"
"Baldir, Bjorn's best friend in the entire world. The person that I believe knows Bjorn best."
"Oh then I want to meet him. That is after we go talk about our weddings. Men don't need to be there anyways."
"Agreed."
Just like that Bjorn's wives left to go discuss marriage with their soon to be mother-in-law.