and Mother glanced over to me.
"Why are you guys looking at me like I'm the culprit of such?" I whined while trying to attempt what Dominick was implying. "I never told you to save these. I surely would have remembered how they looked, especially with the gold."
"Fae clothing looks like rags when not instilled with our magic," Dominick revealed. "Remember the time we were cleaning up the storage room so we could make a spare room for me so I wouldn't have to share with Tristian anymore and I was going to throw away that box of items Everett saved me from my family and you told me not to, saying I'd regret it one day?"
That seemed to prompt the memory of when I was around ten. "Right. It was the box with a bunch of stuff. Rags, a gold pocket watch. The only thing you liked was the gold scarf that seemed to be in the best condition," I replied. "Those were all fae stuff?"
"Mhmm," he replied with a nod as his loving expression softened. "I never really got to share what was inside that box with you, but this was one of the many useful things I found inside it during the times we were trying to figure out a way to clear your name when you were in Psychic Prison."
"Ah," I replied. "Well thank the fae that you kept it, cause damn. You look better than a hot, steamy snack that I'd love to-"
"I'm going to leave you two to your bickering," Mother hummed happily, which only made me realize she was still there.
I groaned in embarrassment while Dominick chuckled and moved to slide an arm around my waist to pull me closer. "Thank you, Your Majesty. You did a wonderful job helping Cassandra out with getting ready for this ceremony."
"Certainly," Mother replied. "I have to make sure my sweet princess dresses for the occasion of solidifying her role as queen," Mother replied with pride before she looked over to the new stranger. "And look who we have here? Aries. I thought you'd never make another appearance since I met you when Dominick and Cassandra visited me back home."
"Aries?" I questioned and took in the slim tall man in a white suit.
His hair was a striking blue, reminding me of the ocean waters with hints of white that held a slight sparkle to it. He was slightly tanned, and though he was far slimmer in comparison to Dominick, he was well-built with hidden muscle.
It took me an extra moment to catch onto his almost transparent wings that were fluttering so fast, it made it almost impossible to catch onto their existence if you didn't focus hard enough.
He's a fae pixie guide!
He seemed to blink out of his daze, his gaze still locked on Marigold, before turning his attention to Mother. He flinched and bowed humbly before her.
"My apologies, Your Majesty. I didn't mean to interrupt. I blindly chose the wrong room," Aries apologized. He had an intriguing accent, but I couldn't pinpoint where it was from. It held a delicate, sophisticated tone to it, like a butler humbly speaking to his guest about their exquisite line of red wine.
"It's good to see you in high spirits for my daughter's ceremony. As a fae guide, you should be out more often to aid Dominick with his royal duties," Mother casually scolded. "Try and at least aid your master from now on. We're entering trying times and I'm sure Marigold will need an extra set of hands to aid with all the things she has to take care of on Queen Cassandra's behalf behind the scenes."
Aries immediately began to blush at the mention of Marigold's name, his eyes hesitantly glancing over to Marigold, who was clearly failing at hiding her obviously flushed cheeks.
"I see love birds chirping in the air, singing hymns of romance and cheer," Quil-Zu began to sing, which made me mentally sigh.
Great. My mother and dragon are encouraging my fae pixie guide to hook up with a stranger.
"Realistically, he's not a stranger. He's Dominick's, aka your fae mate and one of your future husbands, fae pixie guide, so at least we can potentially murder him if things go astray," Quil-Zu offered.
The fact that you're easily willing to murder if things go south in this nonexistent relationship only leaves me wondering what it would be like to have you as a mom.
"Well, for starters, Omarion is a total bad boy and would have never made it to