this is the second half of the giant chapter I somehow forgot to include last night, its short but! its here. I hope you guys like where I am headed with it, I have not made a final decision if it will end one way or another. also a few of you have asked about the sequel for partners, I will begin work on that soon as soon as I hit a wall with this one and need to step back! as always! you guys are amazing. I have a musical suggestion for these last few chapters, listen to sleeping at last - the yearbook collection...it was what inspired me the entire time for this Sera/Tamsin blossoming whatever...

My fiancé, former fiancé sat in the clear cell. He was huddled into a ball on the plain mattress that sat on the floor. His face was bruised and battered, I knew that it was because of a certain blonde. I stared at him, thinking of how he betrayed me and how I let it go past me so simply, without a second thought or care. I leaned forward, my head resting against the glass. I wanted to cry but I had not been left alone long enough to cry it all out. I had to make sure my mom and mum were taken care of first, then I wanted to check on the Valkyrie, but no one knew where she went after dropping Jase off with my gramps. There was so much I had to say to her. I absently touched my lips with my fingers, the kiss. It was a healing kiss, suppose to just be a healing kiss like the one she gave mom, but there was more behind it. On both our ends.

Jase groaned and rolled over, opening the only eye that would open. He stared at me for a moment, before laughing a choked laugh and uttering, "you are just like your mother, so easily manipulated in your endless search of monogamous, perfect love." he sat up, with immense amount of pain and leaned against the cell wall, "its shame that old filthy winged she beast figured it out. You and I could have ruled together."

"you will face death for this, as soon as your trial is over." I could feel my anger rising, I could read his thoughts and what he had intended to do to my family if Tamsin had not stopped him.

Jase laughed, "oh the light fae and their desire to remain just and true, in reality they are just as bad as the dark fae." he rolled his head and looked at me, "Addie left you because of me, I made her my thrall and she became obsessed with me." Jase laughed.

I lost what little control I had, in the blink of an eye I was inside the cell and had laid a strong right hook across his already battered face, I pinned him to the bed with my knee into his chest, "you bastard."

he gurgled a laugh out, "she looked like the Valkyrie, was she the only way you could get anywhere close to feeling the love from your beloved Tamsin?" I punched him hard across the face again, I lifted him up to look me in the eyes. "I see no point in a trial."

I bent forward and started to pull from him, I didn't care as I watched the light in his eyes begin to fade with every inch of his life I took. I was going to kill him.

As Jase eyes rolled back in his head, I felt two strong arms circle me and pull me quickly off of Jase, ending the feed. I screamed out, "put me down, he needs to die!" the strong arms swung me around and I saw my mum running towards me, yelling for me to stop, my grams quickly behind her. I continued to scream and grab at the arms that held me tightly as I was carried past them and out of the dungeon.

"take it easy kid." Tamsins voice was soft as she spoke in my ear. I looked down and saw it was her arms that held me. I closed my eyes and tried to steady myself as she continued to carry me into the security room, she finally set me down. Closing the door behind her and leaning against it, to prevent me from running back out.

I turned and looked at her, angry, "why are you so desperate to keep him alive?"

Tamsin sighed, "because he will tell us who sent him on this task." she was choosing her words carefully, as she folded her arms, I saw new scrapes and cuts on her hands, "hopefully you didn't kill him, kid. The ash was close to getting the truth out of him."

I glanced at the security cameras, I saw my mum and my grams putting Jase on a stretcher, trying to keep him holding on to the small thread of life I left him clinging too. "he made Addie a thrall, that's why." I stopped as I felt the need to cry begin to overwhelm me again, the hurt of losing her mixing with the hurt of the lies from the man I thought I loved.

Tamsin moved from the door, whispering, "its okay to cry, I have seen you do it before." I looked at her, and her half smile, half smirk, "I loved him."

She nodded, "i know."

I felt the first tear fall down my face, and closed my eyes. I then felt Tamsin's fingers brush the tear away, gently. I couldn't hold it back, I grabbed her in a hug and started sobbing. The tears rushed out with choked sobs. I felt her hesitate at first, then her arms drop and hold me tight as I cried against her chest. She ran a hand over my hair, "I almost married a Loki, Liam made feel as if the whole world revolved around me."

I closed my eyes, listening to how gentle her heartbeat was, it calmed down as I listened to her continue, "I was about four hundred years old then, and he was the reason why I chose the dark fae. He was dark fae and I could not imagine my life without him, I gave up my family, the light fae and everything I knew for what I thought was true love. We became one of the most destructive couples in Norway for a few hundred years. A week before our wedding, I watched as he destroyed an entire small village because they would not swear to the morrigan at the time." I felt her take a deep breath, "i killed him to save a mother and her son, that last two survivors of the village."

I pulled out of the hug, looking up at her, tears in her eyes, "your mum has no idea, and I will never tell her that story. I have kept it close to my heart for centuries, but you need to know, you aren't alone, sera."

I looked into her cool blue eyes, reaching up to wipe away her tears like she did mine. She moved slightly at the contact of my hand on her skin, her jaw clenching. I smiled, "you have always been there for me, haven't you."

she said nothing, I could feel her heart race as I stepped closer. We were inches apart and my eyes kept settling on her mouth, my heart was pounding out of my chest, the crush I had for this woman standing in front of me never went away and I could feel it growing into something more as she stood in front of me, not moving as I continued to close the space between us. I moved slow, placing a soft kiss on her cheek, testing the waters. I heard her take a quick breath when I pulled away, she closed her eyes and her jaw was clenched, "Sera..."

I reached up with both of my hands and held her face, making her open her eyes to look at me, "don't talk old lady." I quickly closed the gap and pressed my lips against hers, softly at first, waiting for her reaction or rejection. Instead I felt her kiss me back, slow and soft at first, then as I increased the pressure she moaned and pulled me closer, almost lifting me up as her arms came around me. Our hearts pounded in unison as we kissed.

As soon as it started, it ended when Tamsin pulled back and set me back down, gently pushing me away. "I cant, do this." she looked at me and ripped open the door, walking out and slamming it behind her. Leaving me flush, heart racing as I fell to sit down in the chair by the cameras.

I looked up at the sound of a slamming door, just in time to see Tamsin walk away from the security room. My mother was issuing instructions to the fae staff to stabilize Jase and keep him in the protective ward until he woke up. I kept my focus on Tamsin, something was obviously bothering her, I could feel it in her thoughts.

"Lauren, are you coming with us?" my mother looked up at me, she was calm but I could see that she was as anxious as I was at what we had just seen Sera do.

"um, yea I am right behind you." I handed her over the medical kit I had grabbed from the staff. I looked back in the cell, the small blood splatter on the cell wall and the mattress caught my eyes. I turned back to walk out of the room, pulling out my phone to call Bo when I looked up and saw Sera exit the same security room Tamsin had slammed the door on. She was red faced and holding her arms close to her chest. She didnt see me and kept walking.

"sera, are you okay?" my tone was soft and even, I didn't know if the succubus rage was still at the surface. Sera's eyes were bright purple when Tamsin grabbed her and pulled her off of Jase, her voice echoed that of her moms when Bo was deep in her succubus rage. It was a voice I was all too familiar with in our lives together.

She turned to look at me, "i want to go home." she laughed lightly, "oh, I forgot, I don't have one anymore." Sera let out a sigh, taking steps to leave the dungeon, "I'll be upstairs in the guest room." it was not an invitation to follow her, it was a statement, a quiet statement to leave her alone.

I met Finnegan at the top of the stairs, he was dressed in his usual impeccable ash wear, signifying to me that he had just come from a meeting with the fae elders about the incubus and how he was able to mask his identity.

He folded his arms, "Sera is, your mother just told me what happened." I nodded, "she did almost kill him, but Tamsin pulled her off just in time." I motioned for him to walk with me, I wanted to meet up with Bo, she had stayed back at the apartment to try and collect evidence with dyson.

Finnegan walked with me, "none of the fae elders can give us an idea who set Jase on this task, we do know it is connected to the attack on the Valkyrie when Sera was a teenager. Other than snippets we can not trace a path back to anyone. The morrigan has adamantly denied having anything to do with this, she knows that Sera has the capability to destroy the entire dark fae with one flick of her hand, the light fae as well for that matter. There is an outside source who is very focused on our girls and they power they carry."

one of his assistants ran by, handing him a file, Finnegan handed it over to me, "this is the final analysis of Jase. It appears he has was able to mask his identity for years using this necklace." he pointed to a picture of the simple druid necklace that we all had seen him wear day in and day out. "it is similar to the necklace that your mother once wore, but stronger. I immediately suspected a Norn, but Trick was able to discern that the magic used on this necklace is far more powerful than any Norn can provide."

I looked over the file, it had been his necklace. I flashed to the moments in the apartment and saw that he was not wearing it while he was flirting with bo, "this necklace, it even kept his powers at bay?"

Finnegan nodded, "it did. It was a rather bold move of him to take it off that night. During his, um, interview, he stated that he knew the Valkyrie was getting closer and he had to act fast before his cover was blown." Finnegan looked down at me, "Tamsin was able to get more than a few words out of him."

I looked at him as I saw flashes of Tamsin using her persuasion powers on him, "be careful with how much you make her use those powers, it takes a lot of out of her."

"I know, she volunteered her gifts to us. We had just left him for the day when Sera went down there and invoked her own gifts." Finnegan stopped as we stood outside the family section, "I think in the meantime, while we sort through this. I am assigning the Valkyrie as protection for Sera."

I closed the file, "I don't know if that is a good idea, Sera is distraught and I know my daughter, she prefers to be alone when not be bothered." I looked at him, deep down I had other reasons why Tasmin would not be a good fit to be Sera's shadow.

"i can assign my protective detail to her, but they are all mildly afraid of the girl and it appears Tamsin is the only one who can calm her down and contain her when she is in the midst of her full powers." Finnegan looked at the door, "do you have any other suggestions, Lauren?" he looked at me honestly.

He was right, Tamsin would be the only one who could contain Sera when she was in her rage, I saw it when Tamsin pulled her off of Jase and when she talked her down from killing him in the apartment. "no, I don't dad." I let out a breath as he pushed open the door. "I can talk to the Valkyrie if you don't want too."

I shook my head, "i will talk to her, but you may have to do the talking to Sera when and if Tamsin agrees to help." I tapped on the file, "it might be more complicated than we think."

Finnegan smiled, "when has anything in our lives ever been simple, Lauren?"

I could not help but smile as he wrapped an arm around me, "come your wife is the other room, Dyson and her have managed to find some evidence that could be useful in getting the young incubus to talk."

"noodle is not going to agree that easily to having Tamsin hover all the time." Bo laid in the bed as I pulled on pajamas. We had gone home, leaving Sera at the compound. She had been in her room since I saw her leave the security room, and made no inclination that she wanted to move. Sera did hug bo and I as we left and I could feel the sadness in her, it was overwhelming and poured out of her.

I took Bo's hand as she pulled me into bed, she was still tired from the incident with Jase, he had taken a lot of her chi and a good portion of her blood, it was taking her longer than normal to heal. Jase was right, succubae were extremely weak to their own kind. "i know, I told Finnegan that, but he is just as stubborn as she is. He is also very afraid that more will come to finish what Jase started, but with less tact and planning, now that Sera is in a weakened state."

looking in Bo's eyes I could see she felt the same, "what do you think, Bo?"

"i think he might be right, Tamsin has always been there for us and possibly the only one who could put up with her attitude and stick to what she needs to do. The two have bickered for years, I can tell Tamsin has just gotten used to it. I know I couldn't put up with the back and forth." she smiled and kissed me, "kenzi has offered to sit at her door with a samurai sword for as long as it takes, maybe we can go that route?"

I laughed, "we could, but we all know Sera would pulse her with a fingertip and render Kenzi comatose for weeks." Kenzi might be immortal but she was still human and very responsive to Sera's pulse.

"Dyson said the evidence we found today could lead him to a decent trail in a couple of days, I think this will be all over in a week or so." Bo looked at me with hopeful eyes, "I am worried about her, Lauren."

Bo laid her head on my shoulder, "I don't see her bouncing back from this as fast as she did when she met the shit bag."

I smiled at my wife's words, "i agree, but we do what we have always done, love her, keep her safe. I can tell she is on edge, something happened in the security room." I looked at Bo, "tamsin walked out of the room as we were taking Jase up to the protective ward, she was very upset. A few minutes later, Sera walked out, upset and distant." I sighed hard, "that is why I am hesitant to stick Tamsin on Sera. I think they had a fight, but you know how Sera is."

"did you talk to Tamsin?" Bo raised an eyebrow at me, I could tell she was equally concerned. "she will probably tell you what happened, but find out before you tell her Finnegan's request."

"not yet, I was caught up with Finnegan and then you and Dyson." I laid back on the pillow, "to be honest, I get a strange feeling when those two are around each other."

Bo sighed, "you mean the crush Sera has had on her since she was a teenager?" it came out quickly and in a blurt.

I blew out a laugh, "how? Did she tell you?" I stared at my wife, I was just recently picking up on it, ever since the conversation Sera and I had in her room as she debated returning the helmet.

Bo smiled, kissing the tip of my nose, "you forget that I can see auras, Sera's used to light up like yours on level ten nerd rant, but brighter, when she was around the Valkyrie. It died down when she moved to Australia, only spiking to a flicker whenever Tamsin was brought up. Now it glows evenly when Tamsin is around her." bo ran her hand down my hair, "i never said anything, because the last thing I wanted was my daughter chasing after the woman, ever. Don't get me wrong, I have grown to love Tamsin as family, but it is a hard sell for me to think my daughter may had feelings for her. That is only because, deep down, way deep down, I still harbor a smidge of anger at Tamsin for the Norn business." bo took a breath, "compare it to the mom not wanting her daughter to date the bad motorcycle boy in the neighborhood."

I laughed, "how come you never told me? I just started putting the pieces together, but then Jase and the engagement." I laid my head back.

Bo rolled over to sit on my lap, "to quote my daughter when she was five, we are bonded because we are both suckbusses." Bo giggled, "I didn't want to tell you because it was, at the time, a silly teenage crush and I didn't want you to get in a panic." bo laid herself on top of me, "that and noodle would have killed me if I told anyone I knew."

I wrapped my arms around Bo, "what other secrets are you keeping from me?" I smirked as bo hushed my inquiry with a deep kiss.

"oh I don't think that is going to happen, captain." tamsin was putting on her uniform as I sat on the kitchen counter in the crash pad. She gave me a hard stare, "I have no problem at all disobeying an order from the ash or the ash's daughter." she tucked her shirt into her uniform pants, "that and." she pointed up to the sky, "old Odin comes first, ever since I signed off on yes I will work overtime for him."

"Finnegan trusts you, I trust you, Bo even thinks a good idea." I held the coffee in my hands tighter, "its either you or we go with the Kenzi option, cases of red bull, a chair and a samurai sword."

Tamsin laughed, "and that is suppose to stop evil attackers? I guess it could work, have you ever seen Moscow completely jacked up after she's had three red bulls?"

I laughed and nodded, "I have, but then she comes down from the sugar high and passes out for a day." I set the cup down, "I am not asking you to be her bodyguard or follow her day in and day out, but just be her shadow."

Tamsin paused, holding her uniform jacket, her tone was soft and serious, "I don't think its a good idea, captain." she looked at me, her cool blue intense and slightly pleading.

I held her gaze, and took a breath, "what is going on with you and Sera." I matched her tone, but with a little more force suggesting I was not asking for answers.

I watched as Tamsins jaw clenched.