Beyond the Fairy Gate

Chapter 32

Damien

Damien looked out over the garden, from the balcony that was attached to the rooms he and his scouts were using. He couldn't help but feel impressed at how well the garden was kept. All of the flowers were vibrant in color and gave off a fragrance that complemented the scene. The bushes had each been trimmed to look like a different type of animal and the fountain in the middle-had crystal-clear water flowing from an oversized flower that a small girl was holding up in the air. Despite the gorgeous scene in front of him he couldn't help but let out a breath, the beauty lost on him as he replayed the earlier conversation for the hundredth time.

"Do any of you even want to go to the human world?" He'd asked looking around at his scouts as they looked back at him, their faces blank.

"I do." Angelica spoke in her whisper soft voice, her eyes lighting up as she smiled up at him. He went to open his mouth when Jake spoke quickly.

"I'll go too," Damien looked at him.

"What?" His mouth went dry with the idea that Jake would leave him, would volunteer and do something away from him rather than stay and support him.

"I just..." Jake averted his eyes, "I would like to have something to do, being idle like this is making me jumpy."

"But..." Damien closed his mouth and took a long breath. "The both of you are okay with giving up this time to relax and see a new kingdom?"

"I'm sad that I'll miss out, but I want to see my aunts," Angelica said smiling, "I don't get to see them very often, so I'll choose that." Damien regarded her for several heart beats. Before they'd originally crossed the fairy gate, he hadn't even known that the guardians were her aunts. In truth, she was correct, she didn't get many extended time off to go out and see them, much less cross and see the one on the other side. "Plus," Angelica smiled. "The trip will be cheaper if I'm there." He paused, his mind going back to the original crossing of the fairy gate.

"What did you pay originally for us to cross?" He asked suddenly. Angelica just smiled and placed a finger on her lips, shaking her head. He raised a brow but her smile only widened. Sighing he turned to Jake.

"Like I said, I really just need something to focus on right now." He rubbed his arm looking away from Damien as he spoke. "I think that this will be a goos thing to focus on for the moment. Plus, we won't be gone for very long anyways."

"When are we going home?" Rebecca interjected looking up at him expectantly. Damien turned his attention towards her.

"In a couple of days."

"Aren't you itching to go talk to your parents?" Nathan asked with a single brow raised, before it fell as Damien's face did the same.

"I do, I really want to meet them. It's just..." He sighed turning away from them. "There are so many factors to this that it is making my head spin. I've been thinking on it and my parents would have known that Nyline and I weren't actual mates, they had to have to make the deal with her parents. The only reason that I can think is that they didn't approve of who my mate was. So, what if, what if they won't tell me who my real mate is? Then even better, what if my mate doesn't want me?"

"Have you been able to contact them mentally since Nyline is now connected to Gabriel?" Rebecca's voice was much softer than normal as she spoke and Damien knew that if he looked at her right now, her eyes would reflect the emotions that he felt.

"I have..." His face fell, "However, so far they haven't spoken with me yet."

"Well," Ryan started, "Your parents did give you another year to find her, then they were going to put you with someone else."