Too Many Annas

This takes place after the events of Forgebreaking and after the fall of Theramore.

Aely stood in the little washroom of their apartment, hands over the sink, ripping the remains of a glass out of the palm of her hand. …

Arrens didn’t come back to the apartment that night, but Aely slept on the couch anyway. She’d left the armor where it was, strewn about their living room, taking a well placed kick at whatever piece was in her way …

First Arrens noticed that Aely had her working armor out on its stand again, next to the dress armor she kept around for special occasions.

Then he noticed it was being cleaned up, the dents hammered out again, the paint …

Aely Caltrains was, in a word, bored.

Not that she didn’t have things to do.

There were a million things at the SWU clinic that needed upkeep, and Brother Theo, for all he was an excellent healer, was not, shall …