Page 12 of Hearts Bound By Time

Maggie & Dylan

Maggie and Dylan were excited to see their old friends, especially Sir Richard. Edna had reassured them that after their battle with Brielle, he was alright, but it was good to see him in the flesh, happy and healthy.

“So yer married,” Maggie said.

“I am. And it would seem you are as well.” Richard smiled warmly at them both.

Dylan glanced at Maggie, taking her hand and bringing it to his lips. “Happily so.”

“We were both so worried about ye. The last time we saw ye the fog was spiriting ye away. We had no idea where ye’d gone off to,” Maggie said.

“Edna in her infinite wisdom sent me to San Francisco, where you’re from Dylan. I had some lessons to learn about life and love and she knew that. I am a new man because of it.” Richard leaned back in his chair appearing relaxed and happy.

“I’m amazed you managed to convince Angelina to marry you. She was always quite the skeptic about love,” Dylan said.

“I consider myself lucky to call her wife. She has brought so much to my life, but nothing more precious than my son Henry.” Richard’s pride showed clearly as his face lit in a huge grin.

“How old is he now?” Maggie asked.

“Three months. Isn’t he the handsomest little lad you’ve ever seen?” Richard was practically gushing as he spoke of his new son. “Fatherhood is wonderful. I highly recommend it, Dylan.”

“We’re going to wait a while before we have children. We’re still young and we’ve so much we want to do,” Dylan responded.

“Are you saying I’m old?” Richard cocked an eyebrow and narrowed his eyes in feigned indignation.

“Of course not. It’s just that in your time it was expected that you’d be married and having a family as early as possible. In our time, we’d like to wait until our lives are more settled.”

“How much more settled can they be? You seem happy here at the inn. Are you?” Richard leaned his elbows on the table, giving Dylan all of his attention.

“We’re very happy here, but Maggie’s still busy learning all about being a witch and I’m planning on taking over kitchen duties when our chef leaves in a few months. He’s been teaching me everything he knows so it will be a seamless transition.”

“I see. That appears to be a good path. I hope you’ll plan a trip back in time to visit with us. We’d love to have you.”

“We’ve actually been talking about it. We’ll have to coordinate our schedules with Edna, but we definitely want to.” Maggie glanced at Dylan who nodded his agreement.

“Good. I look forward to it. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to see if my wife is awake yet. We wish to explore Glendaloch. It will be a pleasure to do it as a law abiding man.” He chuckled as he stood and left them to their breakfast.

“It’s so wonderful getting to visit with everyone,” Dylan said. He sipped his coffee and smiled.

“It is. I’m especially happy to see Jenna and Cormac,” Maggie said.

“She’s really bummed that she hasn’t been able to get pregnant.”

“Maybe that will change while they’re here.” Maggie shrugged and continued eating.

“Do you know something I don’t?” Dylan raised an eyebrow in her direction.

Maggie rolled her eyes at his question.

“That’s not an answer,” he said.

“Well, it should be.” She giggled as she poured more coffee into his cup.

“Don’t be keeping any witchy secrets from me. I am your husband after all.”

“There’s nothing to tell at the moment. I promise.”

“But you will when there is?”