Wyld Wedding 4/4
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“Yes, witches follow the path,” Claude said to himself as he looked into his small pond before touching it and changing it to show the Dark Ones creating their portal.
“Good, go to Cnoc Meadha, it’s time you all died out,” he spoke again as the image changed to the Wyldfae’s bonfire and all those dancing around it, “now to make sure you have all the help you could ever want, Finvarra.”
With another touch the water reverted to a more natural reflection as Claude faded into the shadows.
***
“Having fun?” Hoyt whispered sitting down next to Joshua.
“Yeah, this is the best party I’ve ever been to,” Joshua said back just as quietly never taking his eyes off the fox and bear like fae that were putting some kind of performance before a dozen or so fae.
The show was filled with sword fighting and acrobatics that foxes and bears really shouldn’t be able to do. They also had talking but Hoyt couldn’t understand a word of it, “what are they saying?” he asked Joshua.
“No fucking clue but isn’t it awesome?” Joshua just asked back.
“Guess it is,” Hoyt admitted as he watched the bear somersault over the fox before making a loud roar.
“Fuck man, that’s some challenge. I hope Mac Cecht can back it up,” Jason said as he plopped down between the two grinning at the performance.
“You can understand them. What’s the story, spill,” Joshua demanded as he looked away from the front.
“Ah, it’s about this guy… Íth I think he’s the fox and he’s trying to take over from Mac Cecht, the bear, so they’re fighting,” Jason explained as he started imitating the thrust and jabs the two performers were doing.
“Wow, that’s cool, who’s going to win?” Joshua asked as he turned back toward the front.
“Mac Cecht always wins, this fight anyways,” Jason answered.
“Did they already say he’d win?” Hoyt asked as he glanced over at Jason.
“No, what story would do that,” Jason scoffed rolling his eyes at the question.
“Then how do you know. You’ve never hear the story before, have you?” Hoyt asked out of curiosity.
“No I…I know Mac Cecht wins but later the brothers finished him off. How do I know that?” Jason asked in return as he looked over at Hoyt.
“Maybe it’s a Fae thing? You should to talk with Finvarra ab- Jason?” Hoyt cut himself off when Jason suddenly stood up and looked toward the fire.
Around the clearing a handful of Fae had also stopped what they had been doing to look at the large bonfire leaving everyone else, Hoyt and Joshua among them, looking between them and the fire trying to understand what was going on.
“What is the meaning of this,” Finvarra thundered storming out of the arbor while he glared at the great fire as the flames started shifting from their yellow and orange to a sickly green, changing the look of the clearing.
“Get ready to grab the kid and run, Bubba,” Jason said, his hands tightened into fists.
“Jason? What the fuck-“ Hoyt started asking, cutting off Joshua, until Jason cut him off in turn.
“I don’t the fuck know, but get ready to run,” Jason repeated glancing at the two for a moment before his head snapped back toward the fire which was almost completely green now. “Fuck waiting, get now and call for Sookie and that Claude guy, but go now,” he added in a rush as he ran at the fire.
Jason wasn’t the only one, all those that had focused on the flames moved forward just as the fire flared up and burst outward letting loose a flood of Dark Ones.
***
“I just got a call from Kevin, they have a lead,” Sam said as he walked from the back passageway into the front room of his bar.
“Who the fuck is Kevin and why should I care about what lead he has,” Arlene sassed as she stared down at all the wedding plans and paperwork she has laid out at one of the booth tables.
“Isn’t Kevin one of the other deputies,” Tommy asked from where he was leaning against Jessica in one of the booth seats.
“Deputies? They found them? Well hell, Sam, why didn’t you just say that,” Arlene complained as she smacked Sam on the shoulder with her notepad. “And not a moment too soon, they have a wedding in less then 24 hours. Jessica get the flowers cut and ready, you shift boy and go get and tell Pastor Rod we’re on for tomorrow night and he better not fall asleep during the ceremony or he’ll be singing soprano in the choir come Sunday,” Arlene ordered the couple before turning toward Sam, “make sure the plate-”
“Damn woman, let me finish before you go all General Lee on us,” Sam cut in with a snap, “They aren’t found, it’s just a lead like I said. But according to Kevin, Jesus and Lafayette thinks they’ll find them at the end of some trail thing they’re following. I didn’t understand that part and I don’t think Kevin does either,” he told them, glaring at his lead waitress.
“Give me a phone; I’ll see what Andy has to say about all this. And those men better hope they get rescued tonight because if they’re late for this wedding…” Arlene let the threat hang in the air as she stormed off toward Sam’s office, her phone in hand.
***
“Does something feel wrong to you?” Sookie asked as she stopped reaching for the apple she had just been about to pick.
“I do feel something wrong,” Claudine answered before taking a bite out of her own apple. “What is it that feels wrong?” she asked.
“I’m not sure something just feels off, you know?” Sookie responded as she looked around. “Jason. I think it's Jason. Are you sure he’ll be okay with the Wyldfae?”
“Yes, they would never turn on one of their own like that and the King promised safety for the mortal,” Claudine explained, not for the first time.
“I know, I just have this nagging feeling that-hey isn’t that your brother?” Sookie said abruptly as she saw her fairy godmother’s brother appear out of the shadows before the Queens who were sitting at the Lake side.
“Yes. You may be right after all,” Claudine said worriedly as she looked between Sookie and her brother.
“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s find out what’s going on.”
***
“Are you sure this is really going to lead us somewhere because we seem to be going in fucking circles,” Andy complained as he, and his two deputies followed Bill and the two witches through the woods around Bon Temp in the dark.
“Look boyfriend, no one invited you along, you can leave anytime,” Lafayette half turned around to tell Andy before turning back to where he and Jesus had created a small floating ball of metal flakes that was pointing in the direction they were heading.
“Look here Lafayette-“ Andy started in on the Medium before Bill interceded.
“He is correct. I did say you’d be more comfortable waiting until we knew where it is that we’re going. And you did insist you’d come along,” Bill pointed out reasonably, “And if you would like to return to your station and wait for any information we may find I would be more than happy to point you in the right direction, Sheriff.”
“Like hell,” Andy yelled as he switched from ranting at Lafayette to Bill, “One of my men is missing and I’ll be damned if we’re not going to help find him so just hurry the hell up and get us to him already.”
“We are working on it, y’all. This angry and negative energy isn’t helping,” Jesus said out loud without turning around.
Kevin and Kenya exchanged looks at Andy who grumbled under his breath as they all kept following the trail.
***
“Fuck that doesn’t look good.”
“No, it doesn’t,” Hoyt agreed with Joshua as he looked at the fight going on around them.
The two hadn’t had a chance to even try and make for the treeline at the edge of the clearing so they had made for the ring of trees forming the arbor around the Throne for cover. And after the first minute Joshua had even stopped fighting against being sandwiched in-between Hoyt and a thick oak tree and had just tried to follow Jason’s part of the fight, making it much easier for Hoyt to do the same.
But Jason wasn’t doing well.
He wasn’t doing bad, he was brushing off them just like he had in Jessica’s garden but he wasn’t moving with the speed or power he had only a short time before. But he was able to tangle with the Dark Ones one on one where many of the other Wyldfae had to fight in groups.
The pale green Dark Ones were leaping and flying around the field as the Wyldfae attacked them from the ground. Many of the animal-like ones worked with the tree-like fae to bring one down and once they hit the ground every Wyldfae around it fell on it, but even in the groups the Dark Ones didn’t go down easy and most of the fae didn’t seem to shake off their blasts of energy as well as Jason, more than one stayed down after a single hit.
The major exception was Finvarra. Hoyt and Joshua just watched as the Autumn King seemed to throw the Dark Ones around without a care, until he came to both Korrigan and Andvari. The blasts of pale green thunder from the flying Korrigan seemed to give him pause and Andvari large twisted form wouldn’t be tossed aside so easily. The two were giving him a fight.
And it was in the middle of all this Joshua spotted her creeping for the wooden Throne behind them.
***
“Fucking hell, what is that,” Lafayette demanded to know as he and the other spotted the large green portal the Dark Ones had created.
“I don’t know, but I really don’t like the feel of it,” Jesus answered as he held his hand out toward the green orb that filled the center of the broken stone circle.
“Fuck all, this is that blasted spot isn’t it, the one that had the town going mad a few years back,” Andy said as he realized where they were.
“And where Sookie was almost killed along with the boy her brother has taken in,” Bill added as he pulled out his phone. “Eric, we’ve found something.”
***
“Hoyt, look.”
“Damn,” Hoyt exclaimed when he followed Joshua’s finger to where the teen had spotted Diana mere feet from the Throne holding a torch in her hand.
Hoyt didn’t think. He just rushed at her, sending her tumbling away when they crashed into one another.
“Stay out of this, mortal,” Diana ordered as she rose, tightening her grip on the torch.
“Sorry, can’t do that,” Hoyt responded as he shifted to place himself directly between her and the Throne.
“It’s not your Throne, you’re not even fae. Why do you care?” Diana demanded to know, “I don’t want to have to hurt you, mortal, but I will.”
“You’re right, I’m the normal guy here, but Jason, Jason isn’t and he, well we haven’t talked about it but something happened between him and that hunk of wood so you’re staying back. And my mama may have raised me not to hit a lady but I won’t let that stop me. So don’t hold back,” Hoyt challenged as he stead his arms.
“Fine, mortal,” Diana answered sending a green burst right at Hoyt.
Hoyt barely had enough time to widen his eyes before the energy had almost reached him only for it to be sent flying off in another direction by a flash of white light.
“Fuck, and I thought the cop was bad. Do you both have death wishes?” Joshua yelled, his hand still glowing white, “What the hell were you thinking?”
“I forgot she could do that. I thought she’d try and punch me,” Hoyt answered Joshua still staring at the teen.
“Well she can.”
“Got that, can you do the light thing again because we might need it,” Hoyt asked as Diana seemed to get over her own surprise at Joshua’s actions.
“I don’t even know what it was, fuck trying to do it again,” Joshua yelled back.
“Damn,” was all Hoyt said before charging at Diana, diving low when she raised her hands, he took her legs out from under her and they both went rolling across the ground. Her lithe frame and inhuman joints challenging all his wrestling skills as he worked to pin her to the ground and keep her from ripping out his guts as Joshua looked on, unsure how he could help.
***
“Jason, look out,” Sookie cried out as she saw a Dark One heading for Jason’s back just as the light faded and she could see the battle taking place in Cnoc Meadha ranging around her and her fairy godmother.
Jason spun and swung a log Sookie hadn’t seen like a baseball bat. The wood hit the Dark One dead center and sent it to the ground where a large bear and wolf like fae were on it before it could even try and get up. “Hey Sook, I didn’t think you're kind of Fae came here often?” he asked nodding at the other two other wyldfae.
“Are you saying I’m not welcome?” Sooke asked with a glare as she sent a Dark One rolling backward with a white burst of light while Claudine formed a virtual wall of light around them that had a number of Dark Ones, and a couple of Wyldfae, retreating away from the Sidhes.
“No, you know I didn’t mean that, but I got the impression the two groups don’t like to mix,” Jason tried to clarify as he slammed into another green being with his log.
“It’s not that bad, each group just likes their own thing. But as soon as Tatiana knew these guys were attacking she came right here,” Sookie answered pointing to where Tatiana and Mab had arrived at the edge of the clearing with a fair number of other Sidhe around them.
“Well I’ll be damned. If these fuckers were smart they’d just lea-“ Jason started to say before he stopped and looked toward the central grove, “Hoyt.”
“Wait what?” Sookie asked as Jason dashed off cutting his way through both Dark Ones and Wyldfae that found themselves in his path. “What’s happened?” she asked aloud.
“Something with Hoyt I would suppose,” Claude answered with a smirk while taking shape from the shadows around them.
Sookie just sighed at him before following her brother while Claudine stayed behind for a moment and eyed her own brother, “This game will get you burned brother,” she warned.
“Maybe, but not today,” Claude responded before he headed off for the Throne as well, blasting a Dark One with a burst of dark light as he did so.
***
“Do you think they’ll be found in time?”
“Come on Jess you know how the Stackhouses are. Always in trouble but they always turn out,” Tommy told his girlfriend as she cut the flowers for the wedding.
“I guess. I just wish there was something I could do to help. I just feel so helpless,” Jessica complained ripping one of the blossoms apart with a pout.
“Hey you are helping. When they come back they’re going to want to come back to their wedding. Jason may not act like it but I know he’s looking forward to it,” Tommy told her as he cupped her face and pulled her down for a brief kiss. “You’re helping.”
“You’re so sweet. You know what? These flowers can wait” she said with a grin as she picked him up and sped toward the house, and their bedroom, Tommy grinning himself.
***
“Get the fuck off of him,” Jason yelled as he kicked Diana, flinging her off of Hoyt, and into the Throne.
“Thanks Jas, she has a good grip,” Hoyt gasp as he reached out his right arm for Jason’s offered hand to help get up but paused when he realized that it was the dual Jason standing over him.
“Did that bitch hurt you? Where,” Jason demanded to know when Hoyt leaned back then grimaced in pain and held his left hand to his chest; the leaves torn away revealing the cut which was still livid and raw. Jason let out a growl and looked like he was about to pounce on her when Finvarra called out, stopping him.
“Wait,” the King ordered as he stood next to Jason, tossing Andvari’s more twisted than normal form to the ground as he stared at Diana. “Throw away the torch and leave and you will be allowed to live, do not and you will not,” he offered as he stepped closer to the Dark One and Throne she was pressed against.
“Stay back, betrayer. Where is my father, where is-” Diana yelled out only to stop when she looked out beyond the King, Hoyt and Jason to see not even one Dark One in the air nor even standing. They were on the ground, broken and bleeding like her brother had been…like her father now.
“Do you mean this cursed one?” Mab asked as she shoved her foot into Korrigan’s body, making the form twist about. “Stupid child, take his offer or pay the price for returning to this realm.”
Diana grew even paler forcing her eyes away from her father’s form she looked at all the fae that were drawing nearer. Tree, animal, snow, mortal, faes of all kinds, so many… “Lost, the gambit lost,” she whispered almost to herself before snapping her eyes toward Jason. “You will pay for this,” she screamed throwing the torch at him before launching herself into the air, driving for the portal.
When she plunged through its green fire it glowed brighter and pulsed and expanded growing larger before going out taking Diana with it and leaving six others in her place. “What the everloving fuck was that?” one called as three others all pulled out guns, one calling out “Police! Nobody move!”
“Who invited the Vampire?” Finvarra asked as he looked at the new group.
“More mortals?” Tatiana asked as she also looked at them. “So many mortals.”
***
“We’re in fucking fairy land! You’ve been in fucking fairy land this whole time! It’s been four days Stackhouse. Your wedding is tonight!” Andy yelled as he whacked Jason with his hat across the chest and shoulders as the others looked on. “I’d bust you down but everyone already out ranks you. You’re never getting off night shifts, you hear me Stackhouse? Never!” Andy just kept ranting.
“What an odd mortal,” Finvarra commented as he watched the two.
“Are not all mortals odd? They are after all, mortal,” Mab suggested as she too watched them.
“This one seems even more odd than the rest. The youngling could kill him without effort and yet he lets this lesser being berate him. Most strange,” Finvarra answered the Queen, “I would like to understand it.”
“Be that as it may, it is time for the mortals, and the vampire, to go,” Tatiana said as she stood next to her equals.
“Yes it is. I will see to it,” Finvarra told them, dismissing them with a gesture before walking toward the cluster of mortals and the Stackhouse family. “Quiet, mortal. I know not why the Youngling tolerates your noise, but I will not.”
The whole group turned toward him but it was Andy that tried to speak first, something almost the whole group also noted.
The Sheriff barely got a single syllable out before Sookie and Jason were pulling him back and Hoyt had clamped a hand over his mouth, the other deputies were stopped with a glare from Jason and Bill placing himself between them. “You were saying, my Lord?” Jason said turning from his fellow cops to his King.
Finvarra gave Andy a long look before he returned to addressing the group at large, “It is time for you to return to the mortal realm, but know that time flows differently in these realms, and Youngling, the door to this realm will never be closed to you,” he said before waving his hand sending a ripple through the air revealing a doorway in the trunk of one of the maple trees that ringed the inner grove.
“I don’t know what mind fuck you’ve worked on your boy Jason, but this bitch isn’t just walking into a tree because you said so,” Lafayette said giving Finvarra a studied look.
“Look Lafayette-” Jason started until Sookie cut him off.
“What if I go first? You all trust me not to be under a spell or something right? And it is all my fault, I forgot all about the time thing, after I lost a week last time you’d think I’d remember,” Sookie explained guiltily.
“I find that acceptable, after you, Sookie,” Bill offered as he held out his hand toward his ex girlfriend.
“Why, thank you,” Sookie said taking the offered arm and heading through the doorway.
“How are we supposed to know if they’re okay?” Kevin asked as he frowned at the door way.
“Oh fuck this, let's go boyfriend,” Lafayette yelled as he grabbed Jesus and marched right through, Jesus smiling the whole time.
“This is all your fault Stackhouse. I don’t know what all happened….but damn it, it’s all your fault. What was I thinking making you a deputy,” Andy ranted as he headed for the gateway as well with both Kevin and Kenya right behind him, Kenya making sure to give Jason a glare before she stepped into the light.
“Well come on guys, can’t let you to be late to your own wedding,” Joshua said as he draped his arms around his guardians shoulders.
“Yeah, sounds like I’ve got some fences to mend,” Jason added.
“Let’s just go home,” Hoyt as he reached for Jason’s hand behind Joshua’s back.
“Yeah, home, that sounds good.”
“What the hell?!” Sam yelled, scrambling back from the main doorway of his bar as it filled with a gray light that seemed to pulse for a moment before Sookie came out of with with Bill beside her. “I say again what the hell?” he repeated.
“Did they just walk of out-Lafayette? Andy?” Tommy started asking his brother before side-tracking when the others started walking out of the portal.
“Jason Stackhouse, Hoyt Fortenberry, where the hell have you been,” Arlene demanded to know as she stood up from where she and Jessica were working on something at one of the tables.
“Arlene, there you are. Right after we walk through. Wasn’t that nice,” Jason said with a tight smile as he glanced back at the portal which faded the moment he, Hoyt and Joshua had stepped through.
“Thank god that’s over, I need a drink,” Andy muttered as he walked right over to the bar and grabbed a bottle of scotch from Tommy’s hand and poured himself a drink, “Who’s with me?” he asked holding the glass up.
“Make mine a double,” Kenya answered, her and Kevin joining Andy at the bar.
“After Fairyland that’s not such a bad idea,” Lafayette chimed in looking toward Jesus, “What’ll it be?” he asked.
“Don’t you even think of joining them Jason. You need to get your ass over to Jessica’s place and get your tux on, take Tommy’s truck. And you too, Fortenberry, your wedding is in less than two hours and we are already behind so get a move on...NOW,” Arlene added extra loud when neither men started moving fast enough before turning toward the others, “Well, Andy it looks like you're not getting hitched tonight after all.”
“We just walked out of a magic doorway of light after-four days was it?- and all she wants is for us to change?” Hoyt asked as he looked over at Jason before glancing back Arlene.
“I do not understand that women at all,” Jason said in support, just loud enough to be heard.
“What the hell are you two still doing standing there. You will not fuck up this wedding by going down the aisle in something you’ve had on for half a week,” Arlene ordered as she started marching toward them.
“Just calm down, Arlene, we’re going, we’re going,” Hoyt said backing out the door with Jason casting about for Tommy’s truck.
“Wait for me!”
“That is one fucking scary woman. I think I’d rather deal with that army of Dark ones again,” Jason muttered once Joshua caught up with them in the parking lot.
“Hell yeah. At least you can do something about them,” Joshua response.
“Come on, let’s go get cleaned up. It’s been a long day...or four,” Hoyt simply said with a smile as he started Tommy’s truck.
***
“Hello, Pastor, it’s good to see you again. I’m so glad you're here early, we have some paperwork that needs to be done tonight, so once you get everything settled find me and we’ll get it started so all you need to do is sign it later,” Betty informed the Pastor the moment he arrived at Merlotte’s.
“Greetings, Ms. Davis. I had thought I had all the forms filled out, have they added new ones?” the Pastor asked making his way over to the altar.
“Well, this one is from Georgia, it deals with Joshua,” Betty said smiling.
“Oh, yes, then I will find you as soon as I can then Ms. Davis. For now where is Ms. Bellefleur?” The Pastor asked laying his things on the table set up next to the altar.
“Oh, she’s right inside. Can’t miss her,” Betty informed him.
“Thank you,” he said before walking toward the bar. Smiling to himself once he neared enough to hear Arlene clearing.
“Fuckin’ hell fairies now? Don’t we have enough shit in this town...Arm them with golf club if you have to. I won’t have damn fairies messing with this wedding Andy Bellefleur...well then find something that is made of iron. Do I have to do everybody's job!” Arlene ranted, her voice preceding her out of the Bar and right toward the Pastor.
“Oh thank god, Pastor. Am I glad to see you,” she started the moment she saw him. “I just want to go over the schedule one last time. Make sure we have enough time,” Arlene explained as she pulled out her planner, giving Andy only a quick glance as he marched out of the Bar clearly disgruntled.
“Yes, since we were not able to do a rehearsal that would be best,” the Pastor answered pulling out his wedding Bible, but not before giving Andy his own glance.
***
“So it really only felt like a few hours for you?”
“Yeah Jess. Until Andy and them showed up I had no idea it’d been so long,” Hoyt explained while he tried to adjust the top half of his tux in the mirror of Jessica’s and Tommy’s guest room but had to stop because of his arm.
“Are you sure you’re okay,” Jessica worried again, sliding Hoyt’s shirt up to see the leaf bandages that had been rewrapped around his forearm before they had left Finvarra’s court.
“They said it’d be fine and it does feel better already, just need to give it a few days....I really wish this wasn’t happening right now Jessica,” Hoyt answered as he slide his arm from her hand and sat down on the bed. “I really could have used those couple of days right now,” he said exhausted.
“I know, this must seem like its all happening so fast now, darn those fairies and their weird time...things,” Jessica complained for Hoyt, “see there's the smile. It’s your wedding and I know you're tired. I mean you’ve been up for like 20 hours or something but it’s your wedding night,” she added with a cheer.
“It’s not just being tried; it’s everything that’s happened. What we saw. Jason...and his King and then the story and two of him,” Hoyt tried to explain before just falling back onto the bed. “It’s just a lot to process and it’s all just hit me, Jess. I need a moment...maybe more.”
“I, well...”Jessica fretted for a moment then sat down next to him. “Okay, If you really need time...we can put this off. We’d even talked about it when you both went missing but...now you’ve got to promise not to tell anyone I told. Can you do that?” she asked seriously.
“Of course, what is it?” Hoyt asked worried himself, bolting upright.
“Well, it’s like this...if you don’t get married tonight you can’t keep Joshua.”
“What? Why not?” Hoyt demanded to know.
“I’m not the best one to explain but it has something to de with state deadlines and paperwork but it comes down to either you get hitched tonight or Joshua has to go back,” Jessica said regretfully.
Hoyt was quiet for a long moment before he reached out for the rest of his tux and started to finish getting dressed, “Joshua’s not going anywhere. I can deal with my problems later. We’ve got a wedding. So how do I look,” he asked once he was done.
“Handsome. The perfect groom,” Jessica answered back with a smile as she started adjusting little things to make it fit better or look right stopping when she notices a pin on his lapel. “What’s this?” she asked pointing to the wooden leaf.
“That...that was on my shirt,” Hoyt answered puzzled as he looked at the front of the now bare shirt he had been wearing before looking back at the leaf, “early wedding present I guess.”
“Well it looks nice,” Jessica said back as she smoothed down his tux one more time.
“Well Jessica let’s get going. Don’t want to be late to my own wedding,” Hoyt said with a smile as he offered the vampiress his arm .
“That was a beautiful wedding Pastor,” Betty told the holy man as she gave the form a last look through before sliding it into her notebook.
“Yes it was, those two men are clearly in love. But if you will excuse me I must be leaving. Tomorrow morning is Sunday after all,” the Pastor said with a smile before he started making his good byes.
“Yes, of course. and I will see you then,” she called after him before pulling out her phone and dialing it. “Hello May Weir, this is Betty Davis from Bon Temp. I just wanted to let you know I have the paperwork all signed and I’ll have it before a judge and faxed first thing Monday morning. Well enjoy your weekend,” she left the voicemail before going to join the party.
Meanwhile, a realm away Claude listened to the message and smiled before pocketing his phone.
The winter Sidhe took a moment to congratulate himself for his effort before looking around Cnoc Meadha. The Grand Hall of Autumn was still being cleaned from the battle with the Dark Ones but Claude paid it no mind as he headed for the grove at its center. Stopping just before it when the King of Autumn stepped out of the ring of trees.
“You requested I return Lord Finvarra,” Claude said respectfully.
“I did. I wish to speak with you about your actions, and why I should allow you to live given the cost of your meddling,” Finvarra asked as he gestured to the carnage and death that surrounded them.
Claude’s smile dropped.
***
“Do you think it was wise that he allowed the young Dark One to live?” Tatiana asked her fellow Queen. “She will only go after the Wyld One again.”
“I do believe that is his plan,” Mab answered, blowing across her glass causing it contents to turn to ice. “Can you think of a better test of a champion? If he can not handle a single Dark One...” she added leaving the end unsaid.
“True. Has he told the Wyld One that he is the champion?” Tatiana wondered aloud.
“Now, my dear sister, were would the fun be in that?” Mab answered anyways, her lips curling into a dark smile.
The End of Wyld Wedding
To be Concluded next Summer