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Aislinn slept most of the next day. Tavish came in constantly to make sure she was okay, but after getting three pillows thrown at him and the threat of a book being chucked at his head, he left her alone to sleep. Rolling over, her face buried in a pillow, Aislinn let out a scream.

Tavish rushed in hearing her, his eyes wide. "Aislinn?" he said frantically as he stumbled to her side. She looked up at him, tears in her eyes. "Are you okay?"

"Yes…I'm physically okay," Tavish was sitting down as she spoke. "I just don't know what to do."

"About?"

"Seth…He's returned. But then left…"

"My Queen. You can not worry yourself about him at the moment. The Summer King has not returned, and the faeries are very confused and concerned. They need you right now. They need their Queen."

Aislinn's eyes narrowed as she stared at the dreadlocked faerie and sighed. She couldn't argue with him. She could feel the fear and worry of her fay, sighing she pushed herself up and off the bed. Tavish sat on her bed watching her for a moment. "Do you need to talk?" he asked tilting his head a bit.

She shook her head. "No. I'm okay for the moment Tavish. Please, leave. I'll be out momentarily." Tavish nodded scooting out of the room and Aislinn walked over to her closet grabbing a long dress, it was as light as a summer breeze and moved easily.

When she was finished, a few minutes later, she walked out of her room. Her head held high she smiled at her faeries who started to dance seeing their queen smiling.

"Aislinn." Tavish said walking up to her. "We have sent people out to search places where Keenan mos-"

"Donia's?" she asked curiously, as she spoke she felt something twist inside her.

"Yes a few have gone to the Winter Queen."

"Niall?"

"Yes." He said as they walked towards the park across the street.

"Seth's house?" she questioned looking at him curiously.

"No…We didn't think he'd go there."

"We'll there is a good chance he might. Send people to check. Also report back on what Seth is doing." She demanded. Tavish nodded waving a few guards over and quickly telling them where to go.

"I shall go check the orchard."

"Where my Queen?"

"Orchard, a place where Keenan has taken me. I will be back soon." She said as she looked around for the Thunderbird. But before she could move towards the beautiful car she saw Niall, Irial and Loki walking up. The two boys looked drained and tired while Loki seemed to be looking around happily.

"Aislinn!" Loki squealed running over to her, instantly tackling her in a hug. A few of the rowan men moved forward as if to rip Loki apart but Aislinn held up her hand to stop them and smiled at the girl.

Loki got off Aislinn and Irial shook his head. "Are you okay?" He asked as Aislinn stood back up brushing off her dress and nodded. "That's good…" he sighed and looked to Niall who was rubbing his temples aggravated.

"Aislinn. I know we, still, aren't on the best of terms right now…But can you do me a favor?"

The Summer Queen's face twisted a bit and she raised an eyebrow at the Dark King. They stood watching one another for a moment before Aislinn let out a sigh. "What do you need Niall?" she asked. Part of her wanted to give in to what he asked because he had been kind to her the night before while the other part of her wanted to refuse anything he asked.

"Can you keep Loki occupied for a few hours?"

"Wh-Why can't your court do that?"

"Because." Niall sighed rubbing his temples more. "No one in my court can seem to keep her ocup-"he looked over to see Loki poking at one of the summer girl's vines. "Loki!" he growled at her. She glanced over at him then continued to poke the vines. "Everyone keeps bringing her back to me. I have things I need to do…I can't keep an eye on her…she seemed to enjoy your company last night."

"I have things I need to do Niall…I can't be a babysitter for someone of your court."

"She's a solitary." He corrected.

"That makes no difference. My…Seth has returned…and my king is missing. I have to go find him."

"I'm sure he's fine Aislinn, he's most likely just upset. Maybe he went to visit Donia."

"I have taken that into account Niall. But I need to go search too."

"And leave your court alone?" he asked stepping closer to her. A rowan man stepped closer to her. Aislinn's mind flashed back to when Niall had her trapped in the dark energy bubble.
"Leaving your court unprotected isn't a great idea. Someone could just come in…and snap everyone's neck." He threaded. Aislinn stared at him, holding back the fear and anger she felt as he advanced on her. "Now…we can make an arrangement for you to go search…if you take Loki with you."

"Continue…"

"My court will watch over your court until you return later today. In return you will keep Loki occupied. "Aislinn raised an eyebrow at him then looked over to the girl. "Agreed?" he asked extending his hand to her. Aislinn looked to Tavish but Niall made a small noise which snapped her attention back, letting out a sigh she shook his hand.

"Agreed." She said then turned to look at Loki, who was now chatting happily with a rowan man. " Loki!" she called out. The girl snapped her head towards Aislinn and smiled. "Want to join me on a ride?" Loki nodded with a grin and ran over to her.

"Where are we going?"

"Wherever Keenan may be." She said simply taking Loki's hand and leading her to the ThunderBird.


The day had been spent driving from place to place, the girls talked most of the time. Keeping the awkward silence at bay. It didn't take long for Loki to realize not to ask about why they were looking for Keenan. Most of the time was spent with Loki telling stories about her past to entertain Aislinn. They returned to the loft with no news.

"Tavish." Aislinn said throwing open the door, Loki right behind her. "Any news?" Tavish, who had been sitting talking to the rowan guards, stood up.

"He went to Donia." Aislinn felt her stomach twist tightly when she heard where her king went. "But she has no idea where he has gone now." Her stomach, which was already in a knot, seemed to knot more. The one place where she was sure he would be…he had left with no word of where he was going or when he was coming back. Her eyes started to tear up, and the summer girls rushed over to her.

"Are you okay Aislinn?" Loki asked tilting her head as she rest a hand on the girl's shoulder. The Summer Girls were hugging her tightly trying to sooth her anger.

"No…I mean…" Aislinn was shaking her head as she tried to calm her temper which was starting to show in a growing brightness. "I'll be fine…" she looked to Loki who smiled kindly at her.

"Would you walk with me?" she begged. Loki nodded and the two women walked out of the loft and through the Summer Court garden.

"Have I told you about what has happened….with the summer court?" Loki shook her head. "You know that the Summer King has been searching for his queen for a while now right?" She nodded with a small smile.

"Yes. Of course. He has been searching for her…for 900 years. Poor thing."

"Well…" she smiled softly. "I am the Summer Queen." She felt proud saying the words. Loki smiled happily. "Seth…" Aislinn's voice faded. "When I was mortal…he was my boyfriend." Loki nodded a bit confused on why this was important. "After I picked up the staff…and took on summer, things seemed to change. I mean at first it seemed like nothing. You know…just accepting the sudden…difference. Seth was upset but what could he do?" she muttered "I have to go to the revels, the meetings, all of those things. I need to be there. I am the Summer Queen." She pouted, only for a moment but then looked ahead the blossoming iris flowers. "Seth was upset; I can't help the pull I feel towards Keenan. It's not like I WANTED to feel the pull, I just did! Well…Seth and I both wanted him to become a faery."

Loki raised an eyebrow at her. "Why would he want that?" She appeared to be disgusted at the idea.

Aislinn ignored the look as she continued. "Mostly because then…he wouldn't have to think about after…" She still couldn't bring herself to say it. "How I'd end up with Keenan…We got into a stupid fight."

"About what?"

"Keenan refused to help Seth turn into a faery he got mad, yelled at me saying that one day Keenan would have everything and he'd have nothing…and then suddenly. He just said goodbye, he needed space. Then he just walked out…" she shook her head as she remembered when Seth walked out on her. "Bananach took him to Sorcha." Loki's eyes grew wide her body seemed to freeze, like she had been hit with winter's chill. "Are you okay Loki?" Aislinn asked, she was now a few feet ahead of the girl, but she had turned to look at her.

Loki just nodded and caught up to Aislinn. "Yes sorry. Please continue."

"But apparently he made a deal with the High Queen to become a faery; one month there for eleven months here."

"That doesn't seem too bad."

"Well when one month is Faerie is 6 months here…" the Summer Queen's voice drifted off as she spoke.

"So he was gone for six months…right after you two had a fight?" Aislinn nodded silently. "I can see how that could cause problems."

"Yes. At first it was just the problem of him leaving without a word, and at the time I thought it was with some girl."

Loki raised an eyebrow "Why did you think that?"

"Because I heard a female voice…It was War though." Aislinn shook her head.

Loki furrowed her brow as she thought about what Aislinn had told her moments ago. "You said at first…did the reason change?"

Aislinn seemed to blush, but it faded quickly. "Sort of," She paused, wrestling with how she was to explain what had changed. "Like I said, at first it was because he was gone, but after talking with members of my court I chose to be happy. Meaning I decided to let Keenan make me love him." Loki smiled at her. "Seth returned…he was upset, mad at me for trying to move on when I thought he disappeared. You should have seen the look he gave me." She shook her head as she felt the anger bubble up inside her, she remembered how she felt, how she wanted to strike him. Part of her still did.

"He was mad at you? I mean, I guess I can see how he would be, but at the same time he should understand that you had no idea!" Loki looked upset.
Despite the fact that she barely knew Loki, Aislinn felt that she was the perfect person to talk to about everything that was going on. Not only did she listen, but she was nice and seemed to enjoy her company. "But now Keenan is gone…Just like Seth was." She growled as tears threaded to spill over her eyes. Loki rubbed her back lightly trying to keep her calm.

"Do you really think he'll stay gone from his court very long?" she asked tilting her head. Aislinn just shrugged sighing as she did so. That feeling, the ill feeling of being to far from her king flared to life suddenly.

"I have no idea. Hopefully he'll return soon. Or at least not be gone as long as Seth was." She shook her head. "I don't know how I am going to run the Summer Court all by myself."

"Well…" Loki scratched her head. "You have Tavish to help you…" she said softly. "You seem like a good queen." Aislinn smiled at Loki hugging her suddenly.

"Thank you Loki." She said softly.

"I'm sure Keenan will be back soon. But for now…why don't we go to Rath?" Aislinn grinned and nodded.

"I like the way you think Loki." The two girls turned on their heels and strolled back to the Thunderbird, quickly gathering all the Summer Girls and peeling off and going to Rath for the rest of the night.



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