Vex and Kenzi jumped apart. All Kenzie could think of was that Fae were forbidden from having lasting relationships and that meant that she could never kiss him again. She had felt too much in that kiss. She knew that feelings led to heartbreak and that would make her seem pathetic. She knew what Vex had said about her friends and the light fae in general was right. She was judged for the skills she had had no choice to learn. The Light fae were hypocrites. They often did worse than what she and done to survive and she was the one to get judged for it. Even BoBo judged her or acted like and indulgent older sister; acted like she was a child. Maybe, after coming back from Russia, she would get out of the fae world any way that she could. She didn't want to lose her family, but at the same time, she knew that she would eventually be completely fazed out of the family a she got older and started to age. Besides she was getting attached, and that only ever led to misery. She didn't learn much from her mother, but she did learn that.
A car was waiting for the, at the airport to take them to her grandmothers. It was strange to Kenzi as she didn't remember telling Vex specifically where her grandmother's house was. She watched her beautiful Russia pass her by. She loved the simple yet harsh beauty of Russia. She knew that it was a hard country to live in, but it was majestic. No matter what happened to its people, Russia remained undefeated in its simplest forms. Vex and Kenzi spoke little in the car. Kenzie watched the Country and Vex watched Kenzi. He knew that while she enjoyed their kiss, she had reacted badly to it. Probably thought that he was playing with her mind in some Dark Fae kind of way. He suppressed a sigh. There was no way of fixing this until they got to her grandmother's house. Who knows what that mark on her arm was doing to her?
As they got closer to the house, Kenzi started to scream in pain, clutching at her arm. The screams summoned other Mesmer's. He leapt out of the car and raced to Kenzi's side, ripping the door open and taking her in his arms.
"Get Her Majesty!" he shouted at the other Mesmer's "The Queens granddaughter needs assistance!"
The Mesmer's started shouting as the raced to prepare everything for their lost princess. Many remembered her and knew why she had stopped coming to Russia. Now she had returned in agony and in the arms of one of the most powerful of their kind. They would save their future Gypsy Queen and insure that she was avenged. No one harmed their princess and got away with it. They still hunted the one who dared to take her away from her. They would not rest until they found him and tortured him to death for his crimes against their princess. Vex carried Kenzi into the house and was led to a spare room. He tried to lay Kenzi on the bed, but she just clutched at him tighter. He decided to lay on the bed with her, comforting her as she cried in agony. He knew that she meant a lot to him when they kissed, but the torment that he felt now told him that he doubted that he could live without her. He kept whispering loving words that he would deny he had said later. The other Mesmer's could only watch as their strongest, most malevolent whispered loving words to their princess.
The Queen swept into the room in a hurry and was soon sitting on the other side of Kenzi.
"Kenzi?" she whispered she only moaned in response. "What has happened to her?" she asked of Vex.
Vex told her what had happened since she consciously entered the world of the Fae. Fury fed the mounting tension in the room. Their princess was being treated so callously b those who should have protected her. If she returned, it would be with a guard, to a home befitting a Princess of the Gypsy's and heir to the Gypsy throne. They would kill those who would try to claim her and harm her. They would know the fury of the Mesmer's in retribution to all that had been done to their princess. The Queen sighed. She knew what had to be done.
"I need to unbind her magic." said the Queen.
"Why was her magic bound?" asked Vex.
"Her step father was abusive," said the Queen"and hated her power. He would be worse when she used it and so her mother bound hers. It is against gypsy law to do such a thing and it cost her mother her life and now it may cost Kenzi hers. Her magic will allow her to survive what is happening to her."
"But what is happening to her?" asked Vex, tightening his grip on Kenzi as she clutched at him. The Queen smiled.
"She is becoming fae," said the Queen "it was fate blood spilled on her, it is changing her into a new kind on fae. She will be able to see the future, change it and end lives with a snap of her fingers. When combined with her magic, she will be the Gypsy Queen of Legend. Eternal with you, Vex, at her side, guarding and protecting her. You are the mat of the True Gypsy Queen, Vex. You will be her Consort."
Vex looked down at Kenzi, who was now asleep against his chest. To know that this little, fiery human was to be his for all eternity and that she was going to be a force to be reckoned with. He felt fury that his... princess had an abusive step father and relief that he would not have to go through the agony of watching her age and die. He would rule by her side, helping her with the fae. He knew that there were going to be many threats against her life because of her power and position and it was down to him and the other Mesmer's to protect him. With her on the throne, all Mesmer would enter her service, forsaking all other allegiances and it was to be their sacred duty to protect the woman in his arms.