Epilogue

Author's Note: I'd like to apologize because I didn't get this up sooner. I hope you all enjoy it though! This is the final act of Masked. I just want to let everyone know that I had a lot of fun writing this piece. It was very enjoyable and gave me something fun to do after a long day at college. I hope to create more works like this in the future. Thank you all, and happy writing!Anjyu

Five Years Later

Sora stood in her flower gardens admiring her spectrum of floral arrangements. She sighed happily as she breathed in their heavenly fragrances.

"What are you doing?" a voice intruded unexpectedly from behind. Suddenly two strong arms hugged her from behind peering over her shoulder.

Sora spun around to meet two pairs of loving amethyst hues, "I'm just admiring the flowers." she smiled. He buried his face in the nape of her neck and kissed it profusely.

"Leon!" Sora winced with pleasure.

"Sorry, but I have to admit you smell much better than any of these flowers." he grinned as he took her in his arms with ease.

She giggled, "It must be the ointment I use then!" wrapping her arms around his neck fiercely.

Suddenly Leon stopped as his eyes became hazy, and he looked away from her.

"Leon are you okay?" asked Sora full of concern.

"I'm fine, but did you know it's been five years ago today since I brought you here?" he retorted.

"No I'm so happy with you here that I'd like to think I lost track of time the day we left Russia..." she shuddered in remembrance.

"Sorry for bringing it up." he apologized.

"No it's fine...I do wonder what happened to everyone though? I sometimes wonder about her." Sora replied as Layla's name echoed in her mind.

Leon stroked her hair affectionately from her eyes, " She married Yuri I believe. I have heard they just recently had their third wedding anniversary." he told her.

"Wow I wish I could have seen that." Sora said softly.

Leon pulled her closer to his hard chest, "You can't go back Sora...That part is over for all of us. It was never meant for you to be her servant forever. You had bigger and better things out there for you." he replied nuzzling her neck affectionately.

"You're right." she smiled as he made her feel more confident about the situation.

"You know what else I heard?" Leon returned.

"What?" asked Sora with questioning brown eyes.

"The princess Rosetta was just recently found living in Ireland with her husband and three daughters. It turns out that court jester that just vanished from Yuri's palace was the man she ran away with." he explained.

"Wow is their being a lawsuit filed then?" she asked.

"They can't do anything now since she's eighteen. She's a legal adult and has told them she wasn't going back, so they had to respect her wishes." he replied.

"I see..." she said.

She jumped from his arms and tagged his arm playfully, "Tag you're it!" she giggled as she dashed away madly.

Leon bounded after her, "What do I get if I catch you!?" he said playfully.

"You can decided that when you catch me!" she smirked as she ran even faster. This continued as they ran playfully around the castle hoping one would give in, but it ended when Leon tripped and landed right on top of Sora which resulted in him mercilessly kissing her everywhere.