The Four Queens
Copyright© 2026 by Uncle Jim
Chapter 2
The following characters return from previous stories:
Steve
Dallas’s husband, 5’-11’’ tall (1.80 meters), 170 pounds (77 kg), 41 years old, black hair, dark eyes, broad shoulders, very good looking, he is a Dark Blue Dragon
Kennith Sweeney
Ley Line Wizard, male Dragon, Maddy’s husband, 6’-0’’ tall (1.83 meters), 180 pounds (81 kg), 70 years old, brown hair going gray and dark eyes, still very handsome, he is a Red Dragon
Deirdre Kavanagh
Maddy’s youngest daughter, 5’-3’’ tall, 117 pounds, 20 years old, large breasts like her Mother, long, lustrous black hair, violet eyes, alabaster skin, some freckles, very strong Talent
Morgan MacFarland still has the Narrative
Once through the ward, the Queen released my hand, and I turned to look at the ward she had passed us through. She had told me that it was the Nesting Ward, and my Magic senses quickly told me that there was no way that I would be able to pass through it by myself. I was here to stay until someone, another Female Dragon, would pass me back through it.
Turning back then to look at the property the house was on, I could see that it was a very pleasant place. I had read on the internet that she lived on ten acres. There was a line of old oak trees along the side of the property by the main road, several areas of gardens and flowers and a house. I was a bit disappointed by my first sight of the house, as I had imagined that the Queen of the West would live in a large magnificent mansion, yet what I saw was a medium size brick house in the late 19th century style. It was hardly a magnificent manor house, but was probably adequate for her past and present needs. After all, she did have the Nest in Stone Mountain as her official residence. I was sure it was certainly sufficiently grand and large enough.
There was something else that I now saw, as eight young women emerged from the house laughing and giggling. They appeared to be between eighteen and twenty-two years old. They were all rather good looking but appeared to be from several different families. On taking a closer look at them with my Dragon eyesight and my Magic senses, I was shocked to discover that all of them were Dragons. Female Dragons! Where had they all come from? I had never imagined there were that many young Female Dragons, let alone that they would be gathered in one place. However, the Queen had seen the look on my face on seeing them and promptly had a warning for me.
“Don’t even think about getting friendly with any of those young women. One is my youngest daughter. Several of the others are my granddaughters. The remaining three are the daughters of the Queen of the East, my Daughter -in-Law. They are all off limits to you. If their Mothers or I find out that you are interested in any of them, you will wind up as dog food when they allow you to die after much suffering,” she told me and was deadly serious.
In any event, a minute or so later most of them vanished, right through the Nesting Ward, leaving only one of them near the house. She started toward us after a few seconds. She was very beautiful and appeared to be a much younger version of the Queen of the West, Madailein Kavanagh. I presumed from this, that she was the youngest daughter that she had mentioned.
“Who is the guest that came home with you?” she asked her Mother as she drew near us. She was even more beautiful close up, if that was possible.
“This is my youngest Daughter, Deirdre,” the Queen informed me before turning back to her Daughter.
“This is Morgan MacFarland, and he isn’t exactly a guest. The police had him in custody to answer some questions about an incident he was involved in, but they couldn’t keep him constrained in one place. When We arrived at the room that he had supposedly been left in, they found him drinking coffee, eating snacks, and reading today’s paper. None of those things had been in there when they locked him in the room. I volunteered to keep him in one location, if they still needed to talk to him,” the Queen told her Daughter.
“What did you do that was so terrible?” Deirdre asked in a pleasant voice.
“I found a young woman who had been attacked and beaten up. I notified the police and used some spells to heal her injuries. The attacker returned and tried to do the same thing to me. My Dragon stopped him,” I told her.
“And they detained you for that?” she asked puzzled.
“The security people and the police were upset that I didn’t follow their instructions, but I was a bit busy healing the young woman’s injuries. She had been very badly beaten. Then they discovered the burned remains of the attacker, which made them even more unhappy. Still, there are security tapes from the location that show the entire event, so there shouldn’t be any real problems,” I finished.
“You’ve certainly had a full day then,” she told me before turning to her Mother again.
“Will he be staying in the regular guest room?” she asked.
“That is probably the best place to put him, and he will be eating with us,” the Queen told her Daughter before turning to me again.
“You will not be alone with my Daughter or any of the other young Female Dragons while you are here with us. WE will see about what will happen after you are released by the police,” she informed me. “I’ll show him up to his room myself,” she added to her Daughter, as we continued on to the house.
The room that I was shown to was very nice. It had a queen size bed, a chest of drawers and a closet for clothes and was large enough for two people. It was located near the bathroom which had a large shower. However, I had a problem and brought it to the Queen’s attention after seeing everything.
“There is a problem,” I started. “All of my clothes and other things are at the hotel where I was staying. All I have presently is the clothing I was wearing when all of this began,” I finished. She looked vexed on hearing this.
“You couldn’t have mentioned this earlier?” she asked.
“I had no idea of where we were going, and you seemed to be in a hurry to leave the police headquarters,” I said in excuse.
“Where is this hotel, and how much do you have there?” she asked in a tired voice.
“It’s not far from the mall where the incident occurred. I have my clothes and a few other personal items plus my car is there,” I told her.
“Can you transfer back there?” she asked.
“Yes, that won’t be a problem,” I assured her.
“It will require a few minutes to locate someone to go with you. You didn’t think that I would allow you to leave here by yourself, did you?” she asked but didn’t expect or wait for an answer.
“Meet me downstairs in a few minutes. I’ll arrange for someone to accompany you,” she told me before departing. I used the bathroom to freshen up before going to find her downstairs. I located her in the larger of the two parlors. She was just finishing on her phone.
“One of my Sons-in-Law will be here shortly. He will go with you to retrieve your things,” she told me.
“Steve has arrived in the parking area,” she told me a couple of minutes later. I hadn’t detected anything or anyone arriving, but apparently, she had.
“Take my hand,” she directed, and as soon as I had, we vanished from the parlor and appeared outside of the Nesting Ward at the edge of the parking area. There was a tall rather good-looking man standing a few feet from us.
“This is Steve. He is the husband of my Daughter Dallas. He will go with you to retrieve your things,” she told me before turning to him.
“Steve, this is Morgan MacFarland. You are to go with him to retrieve his things and his vehicle. Do not leave him alone. He had a little problem involving the police, and I have taken responsibility for him. It would be best if you drive the vehicle back here, as he has no idea of the road system being a visitor from Minnesota,” the Queen informed him.
“Yes, Ma’am,” he agreed with a smile. “Are we transferring?” he asked next.
“Yes, I know the destination,” I told him.
“Let’s proceed then,” he told me, taking a hold of my arm. I cast the transfer spell, and we appeared in the parking lot of the hotel where I had a room.
Checking out was fairly simple after I had collected my clothes and other things from the room. I got a real surprise before we left the room.
“Is this everything?” Steve asked looking at my things.
“Yes, everything but my car,” I told him.
“Fine,” he said, and all of my things vanished.
“What...?” I started in shock.
“I sent them to the Timeless Zone,” he said before I could go any further. “They are perfectly safe,” he continued but had a question on seeing the look on my face.
“Don’t you know the spell for the Timeless Zone?” he asked.
“Timeless Zone?” I asked a bit confused and upset.
“I’ll take it that you don’t. The Timeless Zone is a place or a location where you can keep things that you may need or don’t want to carry all of the time. Nothing happens there, as there is no time there. It’s convenient for keeping prisoners also. You don’t need to feed them or worry about them getting away or making any noise. Everyone here already knows the spell. I’ll teach it to you after we get back to Maddy’s house,” he told me.
My vehicle was a several years old gas model. It is a long ways from Grand Rapids, Minnesota to Atlanta, Georgia, and an electric vehicle wouldn’t make the trip any easier. Minnesota is also a large state and much of it is rather rural. Charging stations can be few and far apart. Steve wasn’t all that impressed with the vehicle either.
“I’ll drive,” he told me and moved over to the driver’s side of the car, passing through the ward that I had around it before I could lower it or cancel it. He also quickly had the locked door open, again surprising me. I quickly got in before he could start the car.
“Do you want the keys?” I asked after getting seated.
“Sure,” he said, but he had already started the engine. He did need the keys to release the steering wheel lock.
It was obvious that he knew the road network around the city, and he gave me the names of the roads and directions as he drove and pointed out several alternatives to the route that we were taking. Most of the way was new to me, and I would need to remember it, if I was ever allowed out of the Queen’s compound.
He did point out to me where their business headquarters, Dragon Security, was located as we passed near it. He took several roads following that which eventually brought us back to the parking area at the Queen’s compound. After parking, he brought my wards back up around the vehicle and handed me the keys. It was very obvious that those here had a strong knowledge of Magic and the ability to use it.
We needed to wait several minutes for someone to arrive to pass us through the Nesting Ward. Shortly, two young Females appeared and passed through the Ward. It was obvious that they were sisters and twins as they appeared to be mirror images of each other.
“These are...,” Steve started but I could feel him using his Magic senses. “They are Daeva and Maly, two of Jorani’s triplets,” he told me. I looked at them but couldn’t see any difference and wondered how he could. I would need to ask him later. The two Females moved through the Ward and taking our hands led us through it.