The Autumn Castle (2009)
“It was clear her friend was happy playing the part of Miranda, was deft at sidestepping Gerda’s questions, and had stopped ogling Jude at every opportunity. When they had left Super Jazz, Mayfridh had asked to sleep over in Gerda’s apartment rather than Christine’s, taking her out of Jude’s way. In fact, she found Mayfridh’s manner amusing and sweet as the faery queen determinedly attempted to adjust to a social setting where she wasn’t in charge: biting her lip when a drunk spilled beer on her, putting up with Pete’s constant stream of trivia, and good-naturedly trying every toxic substance Gerda offered her. Jude himself was profoundly unaffected by the gorgeous new interloper, and that was comforting if not unexpected. He’d never betrayed her, not even when Gerda had turned all her charms on him in their first few weeks at Hotel Mandy-Z.
Christine fetched Mayfridh from Gerda’s place in the morning, and the two of them went walking in the Tiergarten.
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