Iron and Ivy by Brie Tart
Author:Brie Tart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dapper Cat Books
As soon as I woke up, I checked to make sure Rio had left and rushed through my hygiene routine. Once I washed the superficial layer of grime off, I charged through Daireâs mirror like Abuela went for the futon when her show had a new episode.
Daire had reshaped my dirt mound to be a small armchair. A steaming slab of ground beef shoved between two thick slices of bread waited in it. I lifted up the top piece of the meat sandwich. It had chunky red gravy slathered on it. âIs this supposed to be ketchup?â
âGood day to you too.â Daire glanced up from his copying. âItâs supposed to be a hamburger.â
âYou made me a burger?â
Daireâs cheeks went as red as his tomato concoction. âI wanted to see how it compared.â
âOh, so Iâm a test subject.â I sat in the dirt chair and set the plate in my lap.
âYou need not eat it.â Daire rearranged his seat to face me.
âIâll scarf down anything if it means you finishing that story.â
âOf course!â Daire smiled so big his eyes twinkled. âLast we left Midir and Etain, Fuamnach had lulled them into trusting herâ¦â
Before setting up her plan, Fuamnach met with her godfather and got a spell to kill Etain. She made a big dinner for her husband and his new wife when they got back home. Everybody thought Etain was safe as Fuamnach played the nice hostess. Thatâs when she cast her magic. Etain dissolved into a puddle of water on the spot.
Fuamnach thought sheâd won and ran off while Midir was trying to revive his true love. After Fuamnach left, the spell backfired and a butterfly flew out of the water. Etain had survived.
Points to Midir, he stuck by Etain even though all she could do was flutter around his ear. It was only a matter of time before Fuamnach found out her spell hadnât worked and that Midir was still happy. She did the ultimate overkill and sent a tornado that blew Etain all over Tir Na Nog.
Butterfly Etain managed to escape to the human world. However, her luck didnât hold out when she landed in a noble ladyâs drink. The liquid weighed down Etainâs wings too much and the human woman swallowed her whole.
I winced, both for butterfly Etain and the lady that drank her.
âThat wasnât the end, though,â Daire corrected. âThe chieftainâs wife became pregnant shortly after that. Her child grew to be the most beautiful woman in Eire, with the same red-gold hair and fair features as Midirâs lost love. And what do you think that girl was named?â
âSomething Irish?â
âWell of course. That goes without saying.â Daire deadpanned me, breaking character a second. âThe chieftain and his wife named their new daughter Etain, for her striking resemblance to the fairest maiden of the Aos Si.â
âDid Fuamnach find out?â
âNo, she thought her deed finished. But she set back to Midirâs home in Bri Leith for one final taskâ¦â
Before Midir found out Etain had been reborn as a human, when he was about to give up looking for her, Fuamnach visited him for the last time.
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