Chapter 21 Thor's Cauldron

I foolishly assumed that the party would end after Zinaida fainted, but Wesley simply appeared from the crowd, scooped Zinaida up, and carried her away, muttering to Dmitri that it was now his responsibility to keep everyone entertained, at least until he and his wife recovered from the understandable shock of all of their secrets being made known to me at once. "And please, for the love of God, let s try not to have any more fallout. Your mother will be more than upset enough as things are," Wesley pleaded. Dmitri and I just exchanged glances, and then Dmitri replied with the "Of course, Father" that was expected while intending that we would simply return to our former acting routine. And so we find ourselves now in conversation with Nadezhda and Torcuil, the orange-suited man with a heavy brogue who unleashed so many secrets. "A pity bout all this mess, don tcha think?" Torcuil remarks casually, eyes sparking with mischief. "And you would