"He's doing well?" she nearly cooed, a smile spreading across her lips. It seemed that every creature Bella grew attached to was at risk for an early demise: Dymphna the depressed mooncalf, Dagda the tiny toddling, and now Frideswide the puppy-runt. Good news was not just news to her—it was a glimmer of hope.
"I'll have to go visit sometime," she added as an afterthought, purposefully leaving out the word "we". She doubted Jamie would ever take her back after their last trip to the toddling isle, so she'd find someone else—maybe Ninnian, maybe Tavish, someone—to take her back when the opportunity struck.
"I'll have to go visit sometime," she added as an afterthought, purposefully leaving out the word "we". She doubted Jamie would ever take her back after their last trip to the toddling isle, so she'd find someone else—maybe Ninnian, maybe Tavish, someone—to take her back when the opportunity struck.

— MJ is MAGICAL —