Alex hesitated at the door. "It is nice to see you, V."
She peered up from Damien's chest. "Ah, so you are not mad at me anymore?"
Alex's eyes sparkled. "You remember?"
Vienna nodded, still clinging to Damien. "Yes, I remember."
The prince gazed down at her. "What?" he asked.
Alex swept a hand through his hair. "She went through Damien, into her world. I told you, I saw it myself."
"I did. I made it to the other side," Vienna said. "But then I returned to the kingdom."
Damien shook his head. "I do not understand."
"I did not forget you this time. When I got back home, I realized that I wanted to be here. With you. By your side. So I came back," she confessed to Damien.
Damien did not turn from her. "Leave us," he commanded.
Mistress Deborah and Alex were gone at once.
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