Chapter 2 – Enemies near and far
The goblin ran out of the room as fast as he could, fearing for his life now he had delivered his message. That his mistress had a foul temper was no secret within the kingdom, that in the past she had severely injured creatures who had delivered messages she hadn't liked, however, was known to only a few. This particular goblin was one of those few and were it not that his mistress paid him a small fortune for his information, he would not be giving it to her. Even so, he had spent many an hour deciding whether he should inform her of Sarah's return for fear of how his mistress would react. In the end his greed had got the better of him. However no sooner had he delivered his message than she had flown into a rage and began throwing anything she could reach at the Goblin. Deciding it was safer to ask for payment later, the goblin had run out of the room, leaving her to rage alone.
"Curse you Jareth and your despicable love for mortals!" She yelled, reaching for the last item left on her dresser, a glass-handled hair brush, before hurling it at the wall then looking around for other things to throw.
"You have been scorned before because of your love for those creatures and now this! You've been infatuated with this girl ever since she wished that brat of a brother away. For years now I have been sending the highest class of Fae women your way, in hopes you would choose a suitable match, yet you refuse to even consider anyone who isn't your precious Sarah." The venom in her voice at the last two words would have sent shivers down the spine of the bravest Fae, so filled with hatred were they, but luckily for her, no one was around to hear them, all those in close range having fled in fear at the start of her temper.
"And now, after I finally decide to have her removed from your life completely, you save her!!! No, no more. This cannot continue any longer. For a Fae to love a mortal is shameful, but for Fae Royalty! It is beyond a disgrace!" The hipocracy of her words never occurred to her for a second.
"This ends now Jareth! I will no longer let you stand by and ruin yourself like this. Sarah will be removed from your life one way or another. She shall be removed, and I will have the Jareth I know and love back once again."
