So saying, Crystal and the two Dark Princes vanished.
Jazz was pretty sure that when they looked for Queen Morrigu in the castle she too would be gone.
Trevor raised his Death Sword into the air with frustration. “Not acceptable!”
Jazz stroked his chest. “Pestale, Hordly, and Morrigu are gone and I am certain we will never be bothered by them again.”
“They need to be dead! I wanted to be the one to send them to hell. That is the only way we won’t be bothered by them again,” Trevor spat. “Leave your enemies alive and they will return. Mark my words on this, my love.”
“I happen to agree with you, but there is nothing we can do about it Trev. Come on, we have a city to clean up,” Jazz said.
Suddenly he grabbed hold of her and held her to him. “Jazmine Decker, I need you to know that we Fae don’t have the equivalent of a heart, but I have grown one for thee. It beats steadily in my chest pounding out your name until it is all that I hear. My essence, what humans call a soul, cries for you, reaches for you, begs for your touch. As do my hands…as do my eyes to see only you…”
He was so intense. The moment was so intense.
Jazz put a finger to his sensuous mouth. “And this…” she said unbuttoning his pants as she slid her hand in to find and hold his shaft, “…does this long for my touch?” A tease lit in her eyes for she wanted to lighten the moment.
He threw back his head and roared with laughter releasing all his pent up frustration. He then said as he bent to take her mouth with his, “Ah yes, it is ever longing for you. Jazmine Decker, you are my love and my everything.”
Epilogue
The two Queens spent a long time cleaning up the city of Inverness. Shop windows were repaired as though never broken.
Street signs that had been overturned were righted. Cars that had been pounded and jumped on were set to their original status.
The memory of this day was rearranged from the minds of the survivors. Instead of Unseelie, they remembered only some unknown terrorists with some kind of toxin and a brave army coming in to save the day. It was a huge task and both Prince Breslyn and Danté were enlisted to help in this job.
Aaibhe and Mab both wanted to engage Crystal in a conversation regarding the future. They needed to discuss matters with her, because speaking with the Dark King had become impossible. Crystal was nowhere to be found.
They would have to trust that the Dark King and his consort would contain the Dark Princes forever in the world they had made for
them.
Jazz asked Aaibhe about Graely, because his name had not come earlier and Graely was of interest to her, though she couldn’t say why.
Aaibhe gazed at her intently as though trying to read her thoughts and then said softly that it was her belief that the Dark King and Crystal had decided to leave this Dark Prince to his own devices. She seemed confident that he was not interested in taking over the World, but that they should remain watchful in his regard.
Banzar was sentenced to many centuries of censure. The best of his magic had been removed from him. He was left with only the simplest forms of Fae magic and confined to Tir. He was still able to conjure food and maintain his grounds, but not much else.
Most of the Fae gave him a wide berth and he took on the life of a hermit.
After a time, the war was set aside as a bad memory which was best left in the past. Everyone got back to the real business of living as Fae were all about living. Living was all about music, arts, and sports.
Breslyn could not stop talking about his expected baby and Ete, but he took some time to help Trevor as he was good at many human jobs. Trevor needed him for the surprise he had planned for Jazmine Decker.
One of those jobs was hacking into a computer system which would allow Trevor to set up a history and a future for both himself and Frankie.
Together with Breslyn, they installed birth records, credit lines, a bank account, and a school record for Frankie.
They created a drivers license, a passport, and all documents either he or Frankie might need. Trevor was well pleased with the results when Breslyn slapped him on the back and told him to go for it.
Trevor felt a swelling of pride when he thought of what he had done for his beloved and for Frankie—his immediate family.
This was his gift to them. This was what he knew. They both needed a life in the human world.
He wanted that for Jazz and Frankie. He knew Jazz wanted her lost time back. He knew she wanted to work as a Marine Biologist and she wanted Frankie to experience life as a human child.
He was very proud of his efforts.