Jareth felt a rush of pain flood through his veins, more than should be felt by mere iron. Of course, he thought - the blade must be enchanted, how else could it hurt so much? Well, if he was to die this night, at least his Sarah was safe. He groaned in agony, she was not his Sarah even though she had said - what exactly? His vision blurred and he bit his lower lip to keep from screaming her name.

"Jareth," Sarah cried, falling to the floor next to him. Her green eyes filled with tears and she held him tightly to her, cradling his head, daring to kiss his forehead. He was so feverish, and she felt so helpless, watching him gasp for breath.

Logan threw Devlin to the ground, rushing to his son. Devlin didn't wait for anyone to notice him, he dropped his knife in his haste and ran from the room. There were loud scuffling noises coming from outside the room and Devlin shouted something, but no one went to investigate. All eyes went to the fallen Goblin King.

Sarah knelt next to Jareth, cradling his head as he stared up at her in silence. Sarah's tears fell onto Jareth's jacket, mixing with the blood of his wounded arm. Where tears touched his skin, a soft light appeared, but Jareth ignored that, focusing only on the dark haired girl holding him.

"Why did you say that?" Jareth asked, as dizziness crept up on him.

"What are you talking about?" Sarah's mind was racing in a million directions and all of them led back to Jareth.

"You told Devlin that you loved me," Jareth's eyes tried to focus on her, but she could tell he was losing the battle.

Before Sarah could find the right words to answer, Seline and Logan put their hands on their son, transporting him to the Goblin King's hospital. Seline gave an anguished look towards Sarah before shimmering away from the room. The Crystal Queen Marissa stared at Sarah, a look of wonder on her face.

"You have magic," she stammered. "How is that possible?"

"I - I don't," Sarah protested. "Where did they take him? Why are you all staring at me?" She looked down at her blood stained dress. "I look like I've been shot."

Karen and Robert shared a look. "It's never happened before a full bonding," Karen said to her husband. Sarah glared and her father nodded thoughtfully.

"What's never happened? What's going on, Karen?" Sarah asked her stepmother as Robert helped her back to her feet.

"You're healing him with your tears. It's a biological defense that is only possible when an Avian couple are fully bonded - um, committed to each other." Karen was blushing but Sarah didn't have time to wonder about it.

"But Jareth set me free - he ended the betrothal," Sarah said, tears welling up in her eyes.

"The idiot," Karen said harshly. "He won't heal completely unless he revokes that magic. You have to get to him."

"She won't be allowed in if he's ended the betrothal," Marissa said flatly. "The law is quite clear on that."

"I have to get to him," Sarah said. "I can't let him die."

"You were thinking of letting him die before," Marissa reminded her. "Why the sudden change?"

"I wouldn't have let him die, and I'm not suddenly changing," Sarah said hotly. "I needed to see that he really loved me - I'm new at this. I was afraid to love him the way he seemed to love me, the way he treated me...it was dangerous. He scared me when he wanted to be with me. I mean, it was scary and I've never felt anything like this before and...oh - can't you just let me go to him?"

"How was it scary? Did he touch you inappropriately?" Robert asked and Karen smacked his head in annoyance.

"Not now, Robert," Karen spat. "Jareth is dying."

"Sorry, old habits," Robert apologized. "How can a betrothal be half ended? I mean, didn't Sarah end it to by not agreeing to marry him?"

"She didn't end the betrothal - she didn't say the right words," Karen spoke up quickly. "She didn't have time."

"What does that have to do with anything?" Robert asked. Karen rolled her eyes.

"If she didn't say the words, the betrothal is only in limbo - neither solid or broken. But if Sarah isn't allowed to make her choice," she grew quiet and Marissa nodded her understanding

"He'll go mad and end up dying anyway. Come child, we will get you to your Goblin King." She held out a hand and Sarah clasped it tightly. Karen took Robert's hand and they all materialized in the deepest, most secret part of the Goblin Hospital. Sarah could only hope it was not too late.

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Devlin ran out of the bedroom and straight into Hoggle. Pushing the dwarf aside, he ran towards the large staircase leading to the front entrance. Hoggle grabbed Devlin's coat and pulled, sending them both bouncing down the stairs. At the bottom, Hoggle flung himself at the Lordos noble, knocking something out of his hand. Devlin rushed out of the castle, leaving Hoggle to hold his head in pain. After a moment, he looked down to where Devlin had dropped - something. Hoggle looked at it warily before picking it up in shock. It was Princess Rialta's wedding ring.