Chapter 32
Pitch, Erebos, and the guardians arrived back at North's workshop, where Grace was waiting beside the giant fireplace.
She could not stop thinking about what had happened earlier and the possibility that she was to never see Pitch, again. In fact, she didn't know Pitch's fate yet and she prayed that he was spared somehow.
The guardians entered the workshop, exciting the yetis and the elves, but North ordered them to be silent.
Pitch quietly went up to where Grace was, but instead of walking up to her, he created a small nightmare and it ran up to the girl.
Grace noticed the black sand creature and tried to catch it. She stopped when she saw Pitch take the nightmare in his hand.
"Pitch?" she gasped and he walks up to her. Grace touched his cheeks with her hands, but she looked confused. "I thought you were dead," she said.
"My master had decided to spare me and instead, he gave me a new duty," Pitch replied and Grace was curious to know. "Now, I am your permanent guardian," he added.
Grace was at a loss for words and that moment, she kissed him. The others watched and Tooth's assistants sighed. "Ladies," their mistress said and they straightened themselves.
When they departed lips, Pitch led Grace to Erebos, and they got on the Pegasus. Grace waved goodbye to the other guardians and Erebos went up into the sky, heading back to London.
The weather had changed dramatically; it was cold and snowing, but when they got to England, it was warm and the sun was about to rise.
They got back to Grace's apartment just before the sun's rays shined up the sky.
"It's a good thing that it's Saturday," Grace said as they entered in. Pitch followed her in while Erebos waited outside.
Grace went up to her bedroom and was about to get into her bed, when Pitch's arms enclosed around her belly.
"I'll never leave you, again," he proclaimed.
"But what about your other duties?" Grace asked.
Pitch pretended to not hear that and kissed her. It was deep and passionate and Grace refused to let this one finish. Moans escaped as they breathed and Pitch moved his lips down to Grace's neck.
She kissed his forehead as he trailed his fingers through her red hair.
They shared one last deep kiss before Grace laid her head down on the pillow. Pitch brushed away a strain of her hair and then kisses her cheek.
"I love you, Grace," he whispered and she formed a smile.
"I love you, too, Pitch," she replied and fell asleep.
Pitch left her apartment with Erebos and they rode off in search of more bad children to haunt them with nightmares.
From the author: Don't feel down, because this is not the ending.