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Written on Jan 26, 2021
“Your father and I had a very small wedding, you know.”
Quinn shook her head. She’d never asked about her parents’ wedding. She’d been at her mother’s second wedding, been the flower girl, actually. While it hadn’t been the kind of huge affair that Simon’s wedding here had been, it had been a big party, with lots of friends, and lots of Jeff’s family.
“It was only your father and I, and Nathaniel and Maggie. We had it outside in a little park. We’d asked a friend of Maggie’s father, who was a pastor, to perform the ceremony. But he never showed up. Instead, this strange old man came – it startled the heck out of Samuel, who seemed to know him. But he was nice.”
“Alvin,” Quinn whispered. She didn’t know whether to be awed or horrified.
“Yes, that was his name. How did you know that?”
“You’ll see him again downstairs. He’s marrying me and William.”
Megan was silent for several seconds, and then she shook her head.
“At this point, I almost feel like I should have seen that coming.”
Puttroff, Breeana. Blooms of Consequence (Dusk Gate Chronicles Book 4) . Thirteen Pages Press. Kindle Edition.
I was very amused but it was only topped by the following;
“The bridge still stands, Princess. As the guards King Stephen has sent to check on it will tell you later this afternoon. In any case, the operation of the gate is not terribly dependent on whether the bridge is intact, as the gate in your world would tend to indicate.”
“What is it dependent on, then?”
“Magnetism, mostly.”
“Excuse me?”
“Magnets. Now, I know you’ve heard of those.”
“I don’t know what they have to do with the gate.”
“Did you think the gate was magic?” She opened her mouth and closed it again. Truthfully, she sort of had thought that. “Well, it isn’t magic. Simple science, really. At certain times, these two worlds are lined up in just such a way that two powerful magnets, one on each side, can weaken the magnetic field between them, and allow someone to pass through.”
“And someone just figured that out?” William had come to stand with them. He put his arm around Quinn’s waist, and then his other hand on Owen’s shoulder. Quinn looked around the room. Everyone else was engaged in conversations. Nobody looked the least bit interested in their little group – or if they were, they were politely ignoring them.
“Yes, of course someone ‘just figured it out’. The difficulty level is somewhere below using magnets in electrical currents. Finding a location where it would work was another story. The first passage had to be in a place where there was both a place where the fields aligned and there was already a naturally occurring magnet on the other side. Humans are inventive, though. They managed it. Some by accident, even.” Alvin chuckled, his eyes lighting up.
Puttroff, Breeana. Blooms of Consequence (Dusk Gate Chronicles Book 4) . Thirteen Pages Press. Kindle Edition.
It's a great theory, definitely wasn't expecting that answer. Great end to a great series. 4 stars.