“I want to come with you,” Deidre insisted, taking Andre’s hand as she stepped closer to the portal.  “After all, I can attend a tea party any old day.  But I’ve never been to another world before.”<br/><br/>Deidre trusted Andre.  He’d always been kind to the twins, especially after their parents died.  Well, only Dumas thought that they’d just died -- Deidre had shielded her brother from the truth.  He might have done something foolish if he knew that they’d actually been executed as traitors, on suspicion of helping the queen’s sister.<br/><br/>Taking a deep breath, Deidre prepared to pass through the portal.  “Let’s go,” she urged Andre.  “I don’t care if there are candy trees or not.  I want to see the human world.”