Chapter 30

(A Wife to Collect)

Jareth entered his throne room with a smug look on his face. He watched as Talon and Ishaan took another look at the entrance they had found.

"Majesty. You…look pleased," Talon said a bit surprised.

"Of course I am. Oberon has to hand Sarah back over or face a war."

"He doesn't have to since you didn't…" Seeing the king smile Ishaan stopped. "How?"

"She came to me in a dream and Darien witnessed it. Sarah is my wife in every way," Jareth said pleased.

"Excellent," Ormond said appearing in the room. "Shall we go collect your wife?"

"Yes. The dream was nice but…I want more."

"Allow me to accompany you," Ishaan suggested. "He will be going against his own laws if he keeps her now."

"As the mortals would say the more the merrier," Jareth replied. Pleased the group of men disappeared.

"Sarah," Lorelei whispered; her voice full of concern for the girl. "I have to help…my little girl." The UnSeelie Queen might not have proof that Sarah was her daughter but her heart told her Jareth's dark haired obsession was.

Sarah sat in a chair with her arms wrapped around her legs. She didn't fully understand what had happened during the night but a sense of dread told her it wasn't good. Suddenly hearing what sounded like an alarm she was even surer something bad had taken place.

"What is that?"

"Sarah!"

"Lorelei?" The dark haired girl said shocked to see the UnSeelie queen in her room. "How did you get in here? Oberon sealed in until tonight. No one can enter."

"Men can't enter," Lorelei explained. "We have to get you out of here." Sarah went to speak but Lorelei spoke first. "If I had known I'd have never let you fall victim to Jareth. We have to get you out of here before Oberon's guards come for you."

"Why would…"

"Jareth and Ormond are here. They're in the throne room demanding you be returned to Jareth." Sarah looked at her confused. "The dream Sarah. I didn't know your father was alive or that you were my daughter. I didn't know until I saw the dream too."

"You know I'm…"

"I do now. I haven't been a good mother to you I know but…"

"You didn't know," Sarah interrupted.

"Well I do now," The blonde woman said with shame and tears in her eyes. "I'm going to get you out of here and take you somewhere safe. We have to find your father. Come with me?"

The green eyed girl could only smile and nod. Lorelei smiled and taking her hand the two women disappeared.

Jareth walked smugly into Oberon's throne room. "Where's my wife?" He said triumphantly.

"You have not yet…"

"Consummated? Oh yes Queen Helena I most definitely have. Haven't I Prince Darien."

The Prince of Dreams frowned and then nodded. "In her dream." He looked at Oberon. "I was too late."

"You raped her!" Queen Benessa accused.

"A husband cannot rape his wife," Ishaan said knowingly. "Return Queen Sarah to his Majesty or you will have begun a war between the Seelie and UnSeelie."

"Lady Sarah is a member of the Seelie Court and you stole her," Prince Darien sneered.

"Queen Sarah is my wife. She belongs to me. I demand you return her at once!" Jareth said firmly with angry narrowed eyes.

"No," Oberon replied. "You will not be allowed to victimize Lady Sarah and further than you have."

"You have no right to keep my wife from me!" Jareth snarled.

"Why don't you bring Queen Sarah out and ask her if she consented to the marriage," King Ormond suggested. "If she admits consent you must return her."

"He's right," Mellesandra sighed. "Queen Sarah has to be returned by your law if she consented." Looking at the royal guards she said, "Bring her forth."

"Her room is sealed you can't enter until the spell ends which won't be for a few hours yet," The Seelie High King informed the room.

"I don't mind waiting to collect my wife," Jareth said. He walked over to a couch and sat down to wait.

Sarah soon found herself in a room full of pillows with walls covered in drapes. "Where are we?"

"My secret hiding place. Your father made it for me years ago. His magic is untouchable to Ormond so no one can come for you here. No man can enter without permission."

"What do we do now?" Sarah questioned.

"We need to find your father," The blonde woman replied. "Can you remember what your father told you about where he was?"

"Only that he was trapped in an underground dungeon by Ishaan," The green eyes girl replied frustrated. "He was afraid of me finding them and Ishaan finding me there."

"Alright you have to try and contact your father," The blonde woman said. "You have his blood in you so you can contact him. Tell him we're together and…"

"I don't know how to do that!" The dark haired girl said as tears of frustration entered her eyes.

Lorelei pulled Sarah into her arms to comfort her. "I'm here and I'll help guide you. You're our only chance." As she pulled back Sarah noticed her mother had the same tears she had rolling down her cheeks.

"Together?" Sarah asked.

"I'm not going to let anything separate us again," Lorelei vowed. "We'll save you father together."

"What do I do?"

Lorelei smiled at the woman she now knew was her daughter. "Let's sit down."

Oberon sat on his throne less than pleased as he waited for the guards to return with Sarah. He knew there was little chance of keeping the girl from Jareth if she admitted agreeing but hoped a miracle might happen.

"Where's my wife?" Jareth asked seeing the guards walk in without his wife.

"She's not here."

"What do you mean she's not here?" Oberon asked. "The room is sealed. No one can enter."

"Lady Sarah is not inside Sire. We don't know where she is," The guard replied more than a little uncomfortable.

"Find her!" Jareth ordered.

"This is my kingdom not yours and Sarah is not a prisoner," Oberon snapped. "Should she return we'll let her know you are looking for her."

"I'll have my wife back!" Jareth spat hatefully. Angrily he headed out of the throne room with Ormond and Ishaan at his sides. "We have to find her first. She probably got scared and ran the moment the spell ended."

"Where would she go?" Ishaan asked.

"Find the traitors and you'll probably find her," Jareth said knowingly. "I'll kill them for this!"

"Concentrate Sarah. Focus on your father's face…"

Author's Note: Okay I don't have a good excuse for not updating this sooner. I did have to think a bit longer about where I wanted this chapter to go but in all honesty I got a bit preoccupied with a couple stories I'm writing on . Housefly and some of the others know I'm guilty. I won't even attempt to deny it. Chased by the Gods and Water Goddess have taken center stage to my writing. It's not that I was ignoring this story it's just I've had so many ideas flying through my head over my Greek god stories I had a hard time writing anything else. *Hangs head* I promise to do better and return to writing my Labyrinth tales. I have already started writing the next chapters for this one and Journey of two Queens. Journey fans the goblins are about to create some more havoc =o) See you next chapter!