I would like to tell you that it ended there and all was well, but that wouldn’t be quite the truth.
Oh, with Gaiscioch dead and out of the way, we were able to (or rather the two queens were able to) hide away the portals he used to bring the Dark Fae through their Realm to ours. And then they went about the business of repairing the fissures in the Dark Realm’s Prison Wall.
Many abominations were dispatched back to the Dark Realm; more were killed and their corpses disposed of.
As it happened, humans thought it was a ‘movie stunt’. The people that were killed and found were said to have been killed by a serial killer, and the hunt for same began.
Queen Mab and Queen Aaibhe found Pestale’s two brothers in a hovel with a group of five women, two of them already dead; the Dark Princes were returned to Morrigu’s palace, and their portal was (we hope) permanently shut down.
However, here is the rub—Pestale is still out there.
He has more than the Seelie Fae to worry about, though. Chancemont of Dravo is after him, and I do believe Chance will not rest until he finds him and exacts his revenge for Lana’s death.
Trevor, Danté’s brother, has bound himself to Chance in the search for Pestale, and they make a formidable pair.
My mom still remains in Daoine. It is too difficult for her to return to MacDaun, where she and my dad made so many beautiful memories. She is very active though, and Queen Mab has appointed her to the Daoine Council. I know it will take time, but she will come to MacDaun more often, I hope.
Danté and I are at MacDaun a great deal. It feels like home to both of us, although he is very prone to shifting us in the middle of a kiss to his bed at Lugh Palace.
Rolo spends less time now hanging from my belt, as it is not quite the fashion statement I want to make, but he is always nearby, as our swords are… just a thought away.
After my dad’s murder and my mom’s collapse… I knew she was free falling. I suppose I was as well, but now—now Danté takes me in his arms every moment he can, and he tells me that I will never fall again, that he will always be there to catch and hold me, and I know it as a truth.
The world, however, needs cleaning up, and there are stray Dark Fae still out there… feeding. But we are on it and rounding them up, day by day, so don’t worry—because we are ever ready to say, bring it!
Legend…
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