Chapter 50

“Where are we?” she asked.

“My sitting room.”.

“And what is that.” She pointed at Fox’s domain in the form of a glittering blue crystal, sitting right in his sitting room as if it belonged there. “Because it looks like…”

“A domain.”

He knocked on the domain’s door, and a voice yelled back, “Password?”

“You never gave me a password,” Seven replied.

“Oh, well, come in anyway,” Fox replied, and the door swung open.

“Fox?” Joanne said, voice incredulous. “What are you doing in here? How can this be happening at all? Everyone knows a Private domain can’t be set up within another domain.”

“Joanne? What are you doing here?”

They entered and found themselves in Devon again. Fox scrambled off one of the benches to enthusiastically embrace Joanne. Seven turned away and spotted King, standing near the stream overlooking the swan nest and watching them paddle about.

“Oh, Seven. You keep bringing back friends! Who’s this one, then?” King asked cheerfully