Diana wakes up to more ghost parents.  She continues to have absolutely no emotional reaction to the fact that they are ghost parents.  Not a single, solitary hint of confusion or fear or wonder or even happiness at getting to see them again.  I mean, I could sort of buy this as a sign that…

Well, while Diana takes a nap in her magic pit, we get to switch over to Matthew’s POV.  Joy.  He’s all upset at Diana being missing.  Ysabeau has called in a previously-unknown older brother to help track her down, since Baldwin is so good at tracking. Baldwin is the head of this family. Fuck, really? …

So, admittedly, I did a bare minimum of research.  Feel free to correct me on any point.  But WTF is a Norwegian wolf, anyway?  I found a subspecies of gray wolf that’s common in Scandinavia, but nothing uniquely Norwegian.  And not all wolves are monogamous; lone wolves will swing by and mate with the younger/lower…

Diana and Matthew sit around and chat about how Ysabeau is currently wandering around and making sure there’s none of the scary vampires around that are being such mean poopie heads for trying to break up our Wonder Pair.  Aaaaand, yup, then we get to the ‘marriage.’ “Did I miss something?” I finally asked. “When…

It occurred to me the next morning that my days with Matthew, thus far, had fallen into one of two categories. Either he steered the day along, keeping me safe and making sure nothing upset his careful arrangements, or the day unfolded without rhyme or reason. So either he’s in charge, or chaos reigns?  Are…