time. You guys just died too soon to leave a legacy behind and become immortal.
“So Auro and Lyne waited, and failed, to grab you both at the right time. Their powers were quickly depleting and they were becoming desperate. I think that right when Auro realized his brother was dead, that if he found you, he would bring his brother back with his newfound powers. Or at least, that’s what I would have done. Auro was, sadly, always a bit dense in the head when it came to things like that.
“Anyways! So we go on our merry way down our story and we find Auro -- alone. And in desperate need of help. So of course he calls on the only being that can actually help him -- which is the woman that murdered Jamie -- oh boy, I forgot to tell you something!” he chirped, clapping his hands.
Talon sat down on the bed -- hard. And yet he still didn’t touch Jamie. “What would that be?” he asked numbly.
“Jamie is Zyn’s daughter -- they both know that now, but don’t mention it.” He held his fingers to his lips, grinning at the look on his face. “Yeah, I know right? Anyways, so, before, when Jamie was seventeen, she was killed by a fryst, and you know how painful those things can be, right?”
Talon tensed.
“Well, if it hadn’t been for the fact that she was already maturing into her powers with the presence of daddy-dearest, she would have stayed dead. I guess she just doesn’t want to die or something, because she came back in a whole new body -- same as before, but...different. Fixed. Not that big of a deal. Somehow, Zyn believed she had stayed dead. He found her right when she was dying, too. Poor guy.
“Back to our story. Jamie dies, comes back to life at the cost of her powers, and lives a normal human life until she meets you. That’s where everything takes a turn for the worst. If it hadn’t have been for that incident in the forest that killed her, she never would have had a shot at coming back this time.
“I took the witch’s essence, and gave it to Jamie. Yeah, there was a lot more that went into it and trust me, I’ve never heard a woman scream so loud or so much in my life --” Talon growled, and he stopped. He tapped the man on the shoulder and chuckled. “Okay, Terminator. Basically saying, if she had had any sort of paranormal essence in her body, I wouldn’t have been able to do jack squat.
“The body had to be pure of other races, and Jamie’s, fortunately, was. The witch's essence is settling in nicely, but we just have to take care of one small thing before I leave you...”
Talon didn’t even bother to talk, just stared at him with haunted eyes. Mike pulled out his pocket watch, placing it in Talon’s hands. “This is Jamie. When she’s solid, I need you to give this to her and as one, you have to open it. If you want to live with her for the rest of your merry days, this is how you do it. Don’t tell Zyn she’s alive, and do not let him leave this damn place.”
Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes on Talon. “I’m soooo getting you a mansion for your wedding present. Make sure to send me an invite!”
And then he was gone.
“It’s been two weeks!”
“I don’t care. Stay the hell out of here or I’m going to send you to Timbuc Tu.”
“That’s my daughter, boy. Let me fucking see her.”
“That’s my fiancé, asshole. I said no.”
There was grumbling. “I never heard her say yes to any proposal, so technically she’s free game.”
Jamie stretched, blocking out their conversation. She was so tired, she thought, looking around the room with unfocused eyes. Where was she? The walls were a deep cream, not purple -- she jerked up in the bed.
“Mike?” she called, staring around her. There wasn’t a spot of purple in site, not even the let-loose man that had saved her. She was tangled in the sheets, a thin night shirt covering her chest, and there was a bowl and rag on the other side of the bed, placed neatly on the nightstand.
The voices from the hall stopped abruptly, and then the door was shoved open to reveal Talon. His hair had grown to almost reaching the bottom of his ears, and he had a thicker beard than