aaaaaaaaaand one nice story there Ban :) sad in a way but nice, i see Maeve is back finally and how sweet the way she had been back through :) and sure this brings a lot of happiness right there but sadness i mentioned came from the previous parts before her coming back where you describe both -Maeve & Sinbad- feelings and thoughts while they are still away from each other,,, and then the part of Bryn discovers Sinbad feelings towards Maeve and that there is no such feelings she thought from his part towards her, it was a big shock to her :( her reaction and her thoughts after that were very intense that i felt ache in my heart for her really, however how her magic and true power appear then is really interesting and how Maeve sensed darkness from her side is also quite interesting,,,

now what make me very curious is 2 things:
1- why Bryn hided her true disappointed and hurt feelings from Sinbad and didn't confront him with frankness ? what are her plans ? because really i can smell darkness in this, and believe she will try to avenge her heart from them ... i'm not feeling good by her faked reaction,,
2- bringing Rumina memory and how she disappeared for the same two years Maeve vanished as well as Bryn exists really is weird and Maeve thoughts about this is valuable ... it leaves me in wonder does it related to Bryn in any way ? could it be Bryn here is a transformed and memory-washed Rumina ? don't know but how you give hints about it in the very last part of the chapter makes me believe so,,,

i hope you update soon to let me discover what's going on ;) thanks for sharing :)