"Lovino...?" Feliciano asked again. "You... you're alive?"

"You're married..?" Romulus asked

"To a king?" Marcello added.

"I... yeah." Lovino said coming in and hiding behind Antonio a bit.

"You've been ok... This whole time you've been alive..." Feliciano said softly. "You never wrote... Never told us you were ok."

"I've been busy..." Lovino said softly.

"Busy... doing what?" Feliciano asked. "Please tell me what happened. From the moment you disappeared."

"There's a lot to tell." Lovino said after a moment. "Sit down. This... This will take a while. So Lovino told them the whole story. Starting from meeting Antonio in the woods. He told them about their mystical quest. About falling in love in the most romantic city in the world. About Sadiq. The treasure. Even demonstrating his shoes. He told them what he had to do...

"I knew then, that he was never going to stop. I knew someday he was going to kill Antonio, and take me away. So I did what I had to." He pulled out his comb. "One big cut across the face and he was dead."

"You went through all that...?" Feliciano asked.

"There's a lot more." Antonio said with a sigh. "A lot more."

Lovino continued his story, and how Antonio was arrested. How he went after him. He left out the parts where he cheated on Antonio with Dimas. That was between the three of them and already forgiven. He told his story of the mermaid.

"I'll never forget the way the inside of her mouth looked." He said. "Or how she stayed alive without a head" He continued to saving Antonio. To getting captured. But then he lied.

"After I ran... I came back and found Antonio with his mother. She had died. And he was named king."

"That's quite the tale..." Romulus said after a moment.

"I didn't see the worst parts..." Lovino said and held Antonio's hand. "I'm sorry I ran off... But I was offered adventure. And I didn't refuse."

"I'm glad you did." Antonio said. "I'm certain I would be dead."

"Honestly... I would probably be too." Lovino said. "Sadiq would have taken me."

"Doesn't mean you would be dead." Ludwig said. "Sounds like he didn't want to hurt you."

"Oh he did." Lovino said. "He wanted to own me. I'm sure he would have beat and raped me until I died of it or... I would have gotten out my own way." Lovino said. "But he's dead now. So is Ivan, and what was left of evil holding Toni's mother here. We're safe. We're happy. We just married. And It was time to see you again."

Feliciano suddenly tackle and hugged his brother crying into him loudly. "Ahhhh! Lovi! I'm sorry... I'm so happy you're ok!"

"Oi!" Lovino said but didn't fight "No need for the hugs and the cries..."

"Papa..." A small voice said. Lovino looked up and smiled.

"'sides. It's your turn to tell me what you've done."

Feli nodded and smiled. he got up and picked Angelina up. "Well. I met Luddy not long after you left. Last year we got married and we adopted Angelina! She just turned five! Angie say hello to your Uncle Lovino and your Uncle Antonio. Their the king and queen." Angelina smiled wide and hopped down from her father.

"Are you really a king?" She asked Lovino.

"No. I'm the queen. Toni is the King." He said

"Wow... Does that make me a princess?"

"Sure does." Lovino said. Angelina's eyes widened and she squealed and threw herself into Lovino's arms. Lovino looked taken aback before hugging the little girl closer. Antonio rubbed his back smiling. Lovino looked up at him, a new wish growing inside...

"It's very late." Antonio said "Way past her bedtime." He said looking at Angelina. "We'll talk more tomorrow. We have a lot more to talk about. We'll give you a tour and introduce you too my brother Dimas. I'll have Eduard show you to your rooms." He said and walked out the door for a moment.

"Lovino. That boy is a wolf right?" Romulus asked pulling him aside.

"Don't get prejudice on me. We're already married and he's the king." Lovino said

"No, no.. What was his mother's name?" He asked

"Maria." Lovino said.

"And she's dead?" he asked

"Twice over. She's buried on the grounds. Why did you know her?"

"Yeah... Before you were born she used to sell flower and teach stories to the kids. I used to sweet talk her until she started mentioning a Fernandez wolf fellow... Next thing I knew she had a belly bump and disappeared forever. So I gotta ask, how did she die?"

"The first time was a murder." Lovino said "His body was found a few years later and he was murdered. She then came back to life because of the old Queen, like I explained... And... Well... I kinda lied earlier. I stayed with Toni invisible and handed him the comb... She was... not human anymore. All that was left was insanity. So, when she tried to stab him, he cut her. Very gently. She died in his arms... All I could do was watch..."

"That's such a shame... I'll have to give her grave a visit." Romulus said.

Eduard and Antonio came back and Eduard escorted the small family to their rooms. Lovino and Antonio went back into their bedroom and laid down for bed.

"Toni..." Lovino said crawling up next to him. "Angelina is very sweet isn't she?"

"Yeah. She is." He said with a smile. "I love little kids. So fun, and always so funny."

"Yeah... I used to love looking after Marcello when he was younger..."

"They make a happy family..."

"Mhmm... I'm almost jealous." Lovino confessed leaning on Antonio's chest, his eyes going big and sticking his lip out just a bit like he always did when he wanted something.

"Really?" Antonio asked with a small laugh before he noticed the look on his face."What is it?" Antonio asked "You're giving me that 'Toni I want something' look."

"Toni, I wanna to have a baby."