a burst of energy heralded her arrival, trees quivering as the make-shift portal collapsed, spitting her into the dirt of this world. A world that was not unlike her own and yet so very different. Once her kin had walked here, the Aen Seidhe, now humans build palaces atop their bones. Hulda scoffed at that thought, rising on shaky legs to take her first steps on new soil.
At first she had been angry that the new king’s attention lay on things so far from their court and its troubles, but in this moment with leaves sticking in her hair and mud upon her dress the former lady was more than thankful for the absence of spectators. Her insights were still churning and her meak attempt at a stable portal would have made even Caranthir, that dreadful golden child, crack a smile.
She might not have been as talented as the Red Rider’s trusted general, but she was just as determined, so as soon as her bones felt like they were cut from marble again, instead of being made out of sand, she closed her eyes, spread her thoughts and her mind into this new world, this new magic, and the thousands upon thousands of mortal dreams that floated around her.
After all she was as much a ghost as she was a woman and even if she could not step through time and place with the simple shrug of her shoulders, her mind wandered upon mist and snowdrift easily. “Cirilla”, she whispered into the minds of many, hoping to find just the one, “Cirilla”, a name that had been whispered in the halls of the Aen Elle for many a day, “Answer me, child, I beg of you. For I came far and wide to speak to you”