EPISODE 45 - BAELNES' RETURN

(POV Baelnes) I'm almost home. God... I can feel it in my chest. I can't wait to see my wife. My children... Let's just hope she's not too angry. "Yemy! Kids! Come to your father!" I shout it the moment I reach the great fir tree that holds our home. Their laughter hits me first. Then the chaos. A wild, unstoppable storm of little elves comes crashing toward me. Some leap from the branches. Some slide down the trunk. Others sprint in from the grass below. All twelve of them slam into me at once—arms, voices, kisses everywhere. My little ones. ...Yemy isn't here. "Where's your mother?" I ask. God, I've never missed her like this. "We'll go get her!" Aaron, Carol, and Niky shout in unison. The youngest triplets—three tiny disasters. In less than a second, they're already racing up the tree,…