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“Uh, a little,” Edward admits sheepishly.
“Well, those troubles are over. We all know who our king is now,” she says. Then she points to the demons and growls. “You!” She yells, and is it just my imagination, or do the demons look a little ashamed?
One of the demons actually has the audacity to point to himself, as though he can’t quite believe what’s happening.
“We should fight them,” one of the demons says.
“No,” another one tries to hush him. “There are too many of them.”
“But...but we’re demons,” the first one says. He looks a little sad not to be able to fight. “We’re demons,” he repeats, as though no one heard him the first time he said it.
“And you’d do well to leave this place,” a vampire says. He steps forward. “Mayor Jones,” he introduces himself to Edward. “I’m the leader of Dark Village.”
“Is that right?”
“And I want to formally apologize for terrorizing your citizens and holding them within city limits on a restrictive basis,” he says. “I should have come to you, king, to discover whether the rumors of war were accurate or not. For that, I apologize.”
“Accepted,” says Edward. “You may return to your village. Make sure the fairies know they are welcome here.”
“Of course,” Mayor Jones bows and leaves. He nods to Daisy as he heads out of the throne room and a few other people follow him. I recognize Martin, among other. He gives me a little wave, but then heads out of the room.
So apparently things are going to be changing in Dark Village, at least a little.
A group of hunters step forward. I don’t recognize them, but I know they’re humans. They stand out. They’re tall, for one thing. They’re lean, and muscular, and very bold. They’re all loaded with weapons and they’re scarred to all hell, but they’re here, and they’re ready to stand by their king.
“Shall we kill the beasts for you, King?” One of the hunters asks. He has long, dark hair and a scar that spans his entire face. He’s a fighter, for sure, and he looks like he’d do anything to be able to spar with a demon today.
“That depends on them,” he turns to the demons, who have all slowly been inching over toward one side of the room. “Would you like to fight, or would you like to fuck off?”
“Fight!” A lone demon yells. The rest of them scurry to cover his mouth.
“If it pleases you,” one of the demons says. “We’ll fuck off, King.”
“Go,” Edward says, and the demons quickly scatter. I’m a little surprised they don’t just hurry out of the throne room through the original entrance. Instead, they take hidey holes and secret passageways and one actually jumps out of a window.
“Aren’t you worried about them coming back?” I ask Edward quietly. “Seeking revenge? That sort of thing?”
The hunter overhears me and shakes his head. “They won’t be back,” he tells me. “They’re cowards, through-and-through. They only do as they’re told and no one has told them what to do today.” He smiles. “So they’ll go back to wandering through the woods and infesting tiny towns here and there. Don’t worry, though,” the hunter turns back to Edward. “You have my men and women by your side, King. We will serve you as needed.”
“Thank you,” Edward says politely. “I am moved.”
Luther appears and manages to start organizing the people. He motions for the king to take a minute to breathe and Luther somehow seems to get everyone moving steadily toward the doors and out of the throne room. Within minutes, Edward and I are alone with Daisy.
“You made it,” I tell her
.
“I made it. Thanks for sending the kid. He really did all the work. I can’t take credit for what he did.”
“He went all that way to save Tulip. I can’t believe it, really.”
“Most people wouldn’t have.”
“Most people wouldn’t have the guts,” I say.
“So you two are...” Edward asks, and I realize he hasn’t been properly introduced.
“I’m sorry. This is my sister, Daisy.”
