There were times and moments, evenings that she dreamed of the times before. The lives she had lived and the lifetimes she had shared with Finn. So many times she had been his lover, and in other lives she was wife but always they had been inseparable no matter what was thrown at them or the consequences of their love.

The dreams that plagued her that evening had her stirring restlessly against him as she drew in a soft breath and opened her eyes, shining emeralds staying on the resting form of her lover even as she knew he wasn?t sleeping. As if he was all the more increasingly aware of her awakening and her unsettled spirit he drew her closer into his embrace.

?Someone is here??

Her voice wouldn?t carry, not even above a whisper to breathe against the shell of his ear. The words left his body stiffening against her own as she could sense his acute awareness of their surroundings. Avy felt nothing more then wary but part of her could not shake the feeling that the presence was of one familiar. One she had thought she never would know again.

Avy?s emerald eyes lifted to reach and rest on the brilliant blue topaz of Finn?s own before she leaned forward to kiss him tenderly right before reluctantly withdrawing from their bed to pull on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. She made a quick effort of crossing the theater towards the main entrance as a brow arched upon seeing the silent presence of Sky standing in the shadows. A brow arched in question but Sky just shrugged silently before replacing her headphones on her ears and stepping away to disappear back in her room. It was Sky?s silent answer that whoever was waiting outside was no one that would be speaking or adding another voice in the dark haired woman?s head.

Before she opened the door she felt more then saw Finn?s presence behind her as he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her securely against his bare chest. The closeness of his body had her aware of the beat of his heart as much as the soothing heat exuding from his form. It was just the reassurance she needed even as the realization settled in that she was shaking.

Finally her composure was regained for her to open the door to reveal the presence of two harmless seeming women though Avy knew this was far from the case. One was a woman of shining blue lake eyes and gold curls that Avy knew instantly, the other was a stranger only known by name and legend? buckskin mane restrained in a solitaire serpentine braid and poison eyes that wore a smile of a prisoner that never would be restrained.

?Ye??


Avy?s breath hitched as she stepped back as if visibly struck even as Finn?s arms tightened around her. She didn?t know which to be more surprised by? the return of the Lady? or the presence of a trickster reborn.