A/N: Sorry I haven't posted in a few days, anyone who follows me on Tumblr will know I've been having a few 'issues'. Anyway, update time. Thanks for the reviews so far, the good and the not so good, you're all great. Read, review (if you would be so kind) and enjoy!

Chapter Seven

While Freya was talking to Tamsin, Bo exited the Great Hall. When Tamsin looked at her she looked both happy and sad, the Valkyrie figured it was because even though she had seen Kenzi, she still had to leave her there for now.

"We'll get her back Bo…" Tamsin said as the Succubus walked up next to her.

"There's someone who wants to see you Tamsin." Freya said, a nasty smirk playing on her lips.

Tamsin knew immediately who Freya was talking about.

"Don't make her do this…" Tamsin said, her jaw clenched.

"I'm not making her do anything," Freya replied, "I wasn't even going to tell her you were here, but someone was talking about your presence, and I had to be honest with her."

"Sure you did…" Tamsin muttered quietly.

"This is her choice Tamsin," Freya said, "She wants to see you."

"Who's she talking about Tamsin?" Bo asked.

Tamsin didn't say a word, she had her eyes closed and her brow furrowed. It was obvious to everyone there that she was, at that moment, torn. She had two choices, do what her mother was asking her, or take Bo and leave Valhalla. The second option would be less painful for everyone involved.

"Tamsin…" Bo said, softly putting her hand on Tamsin's arm.

The Valkyrie opened her eyes and looked at her.

"Sorry…" Tamsin replied, smiling a little and shaking her head.

"Shall we?" Freya asked, holding her arm out and motioning back down the road that they had flown up.

Tamsin nodded.

x-x-x

It wasn't long before they all arrived back at the palace. Freya made her guards wait outside the room, and the three of them made their way back into the room they had talked in not long before. Bo glanced at Tamsin and noticed that the Valkyrie's hands were shaking.

"Are you okay?" Bo asked.

The Succubus had never seen Tamsin nervous before, and she had no idea just who was in the room that would make her nervous. She watched as Tamsin nodded a little. Freya had stopped in front of them.

"I don't know if you still keep track, but she went through her most recent rebirth a little under a month ago." Freya said.

"I remember when her rebirth time is," Tamsin replied, "thanks…"

Freya smirked and turned around, leading them into the room. Bo watched as Tamsin stopped dead in her tracks. At the end of the room stood a girl, about Tamsin's height, blonde hair flowing down her back. The girl turned and looked at them. She had the same eyes as Tamsin, exactly the same eyes. The Succubus looked over at Tamsin; her eyes were locked on the girl in front of them.

"Tamsin…" the girl said, as she ran over to the other blonde.

She threw her arms around the Valkyrie, Tamsin returning the gesture.

"Hey kid…" Tamsin said quietly.

As the hug broke up, the girl took hold of Tamsin's hand, looking at Bo she smiled a little.

"This the Succubus?" She asked, nudging Tamsin slightly.

"Yeah…" Tamsin said with a little laugh.

"She's pretty." The girl said.

"Yes she is." Tamsin replied, still laughing.

"Hi…" Bo said, waving a little.

"Sorry," Tamsin said, "Bo this is Isabella, my younger sister, Bella this is Bo."

"Her younger, prettier sister." Bella said, holding out her hand, "and it is nice to meet you Bo."

Tamsin laughed as Bo shook Bella's hand.

"Prettier huh?" Tamsin asked, "delusional too."

Bella pushed Tamsin's arm as both girls started to laugh.

"We need to catch up." Bella said, grabbing Tamsin's arm and dragging her.

As she was being pulled along Tamsin grabbed Bo's hand, so not to leave her behind.

"Remember you have an important meeting tomorrow Isabella!" Freya called as they left the room.

"Yes mother." Bella replied.

x-x-x

The girls ended up in what Bo assumed was Bella's bedroom. Tamsin stood by the window, Bella sat on the bed and Bo decided to sit on a chair.

"What's the age difference between you two?" Bo asked, "I mean you said Isabella…"

"Bella…" Bella said, "If you're banging my sister you get to call me Bella."

"I'm not… we're not…" Bo started to say.

"Ignore her," Tamsin said to Bo, "she has the mental age of a teenager right now. There's a massive age gap between us."

"2500 years…" Bella said, dodging the cushion that Tamsin had launched at her head.

"Holy shit." Bo said, looking at Tamsin, "Damn you're old."

"Remember what happened last time you called me old, baby-Fae?" Tamsin asked with a laugh.

"I remember it well," Bo said, "You ended up crying, spilling your guts about how you'd never met anyone like me in any of your many lifetimes and then you drove your truck off a cliff."

"She cried?" Bella asked, obviously thinking that was the most important thing in what Bo had said.

"Yep." Bo said, looking at Tamsin with a smug look on her face.

"Tamsin never cries." Bella replied.

"I didn't cry," Tamsin said, "I was angry… and slightly freaked out."

"She cried." Bo said to Bella, nodding her head slightly.

"I did not cry." Tamsin said.

"Were there tears and everything?" Bella asked, enjoying the game she and the Succubus were playing at the older Valkyrie's expense.

"Oh yes," Bo replied, fighting hard to contain the laugh that was building inside her, "there were definitely tears."

x-x-x

A few hours later both Bo and Tamsin were sitting on the bed, Bella was asleep with her head on Tamsin's legs, her left hand holding tight onto Tamsin's right hand, like the Valkyrie was going to disappear again while she was asleep.

"So…" Bo said softly, not wanting to push Tamsin to talk about something if it was going to bother her.

"She was a week into her previous rebirth," Tamsin said, looking down at her sister, "and Freya told her that I'd been killed… she also told her that it was her fault… I hadn't been killed and even if I had it wouldn't have been her fault. She always tried to keep us apart, thought that I was a bad person for Bella to grow up around. That's actually part of the reason that she sent me to find you. It got me away from here, and away from Bella. That and she said even I couldn't fuck it up…"

"So she thought you were dead?" Bo asked.

"Yeah," Tamsin replied, "until Acacia came back here, it was the last time she was here actually… she wanted to give Freya and update report, and I'd sent a letter with her for Bella… When Freya found out she told Bella that I hated her, which is why I wasn't around anymore, she said she thought it would be easier for her if she thought I was dead…"

"Your mother is a real peach…" Bo said with a sigh.

"Yeah," Tamsin replied with a little laugh, "she's such a lovely person to be around… I was an accident… the Gods decided I should be born, not her, and she's never let me forget it. Bella however, Bella was planned, from the moment of her conception till the day she takes over as ruler of Valhalla, it's all been planned."

"As you're the eldest…" Bo started to say.

"It doesn't work like that," Tamsin interrupted, "the next leader of Valhalla is chosen, as Freya has two daughters and it isn't me that was chosen, thankfully. I couldn't live trapped here for the rest of my life… I wouldn't wish that on anyone… she's never left Valhalla you know…"

"Why don't we take her with us when we leave?" Bo asked.

"Freya won't agree to that…" Tamsin replied, "Bella would love it though."

"Do we have to ask her?" Bo asked, a mischievous smile playing on her lips.

x-x-x

As the sun rose outside the window Bella started to stir. Bo was asleep on the bed next to her. Tamsin was still sitting where she had been when Bella fell asleep.

"Did you sit up all night watching me sleep?" Bella asked with a yawn as she sat up.

"Not all night," Tamsin replied with a smile, "some of the night I was plotting with Bo about how to get you out of here…"

Bella's eyes lit up at the mention of it.

"You mean I can come with you?" she asked.

"If you want to," Tamsin replied, "but you're the one who has to tell Freya."

Bella literally jumped on Tamsin, throwing her arms around her neck. All the fuss woke Bo up.

"I guess you told her about the little trip." The Succubus groaned as she rubbed her eyes.

"I may have mentioned it." Tamsin said, as Bella jumped from the bed and started throwing things into a bag.

"You can't bring all that with you." Tamsin said, laughing as she watched what her sister was packing.

"Why not?" Bella asked.

"We'll get you some clothes sorted when we get back," Tamsin said, "I don't think your gowns would go down too well where we're going."

"You're going somewhere?" Freya asked as she walked in the room.

"I see people around here still don't knock…" Tamsin said, standing up and grabbing her jacket, "we're leaving."

"Already?" Freya asked.

"I'm going with them." Bella said.

Tamsin was impressed that her sister hadn't made it a question; she wasn't asking her mother's permission, she was telling her what was going to happen.

"I don't think that's a good idea." Freya replied.

"Why?" Bella asked, "Because the Wanderer might find me? So what, you've kept me locked up in this place for 500 years mother, I'm not a child anymore. If Tamsin can take care of herself out there, so can I."

"Your sister has had more practice than you at having to take care of herself." Freya said.

"And whose fault is that?" Bella asked, "You cast her out of here like she means nothing to you because she couldn't kill someone she cares about. Look in her eyes mother and tell me you can't see how she feels about this girl."

"We all have to do things sometimes that we don't like," Freya said, walking over to Bella, "for the greater good. Tamsin knows that."

"She's in love…" Bella said quietly to her mother, "isn't that what you told me was always worth fighting for?"

Freya didn't say a word; she looked at Tamsin before looking back at Bella.

"You told me the story about Tamsin's father," Bella said, this time loud enough for both Bo and Tamsin to hear, "you told me that he was a warrior that you had met on the battlefield, when your mother allowed you to go to war. You told me that…"

"Enough." Freya said, wanting nothing more than for her daughter to shut up.

Tamsin crossed her arms and looked at her mother.

"Bella, tell me the rest of the story," Tamsin said, looking at her mother but talking to her sister, "she never told me that one."

"She fell in love with your father the moment she saw him," Bella continued, "she knew that they were destined to be together always… but her mother had other ideas. One cannot rule Valhalla with an emotional attachment like the one she had to your father. The day after you were born he vanished, never to be seen again. She was told, by her mother, that he had left to go to battle. That wasn't anything out of the ordinary so she didn't worry too much. A week passed, and she started to worry. Two weeks passed and she asked her mother if she could travel to find him. Her mother told her that he had met someone else and wouldn't be returning here."

"You never told me any of that." Tamsin said to Freya, "you told me that my father was some guy you met once after a drunken night."

"It was easier that way." Freya said, not looking at her daughter.

"It was easier for me to think I was some kind of mistake?" Tamsin asked, "That I was the result of some stupid night you shared with someone you don't even remember the name of?"

"His name was Thomas…" Freya said, she looked at Bella, "you have two weeks; if you're not back I will send someone to bring you home."

With that Freya left the room.

"Well that was easier than I thought." Bella said before noticing the look on Tamsin's face, "I'm sorry…"

"Don't be," Tamsin replied with a little smile, "it's not your fault. Shall we get going before she changes her mind?"

x-x-x

"What is this place?" Bella asked as she walked into the Dal with Tamsin and Bo.

She was wearing a pair of Tamsin's jeans, one of her tops, and also one of her jackets. She was going shopping with Tamsin the following morning, Bo hadn't decided if she was going to tag along.

"This is the Dal Riata," Tamsin said to her little sister, putting an arm around the girls shoulder, "it's a Fae way station. One of the only places in the city where both Light and Dark can drink."

"And who is the blonde that Bo is kissing?" Bella asked with her head tilted to one side slightly.

"That is Lauren," Tamsin said with a sigh, "human doctor, works for the Dark, and she's Bo's girlfriend."

"And the hot guy at the bar?" Bella asked.

Tamsin laughed.

"That's Dyson," Tamsin said, "he's Light Fae, and is Bo's main feed…"

"So where do you fit in?" The younger girl asked, looking at Tamsin with her brow furrowed.

"I don't." Tamsin replied, "Let's get you introduced to everyone…"

Bella noticed the look on Bo's face as she looked back at them, she knew from that look that Tamsin fitted in somewhere, it was just neither of them quite knew where yet.