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Tonight he’ll be in a tuxedo and on my arm
     the whole night. He’s my date for the evening so wearing his warrior gear will
     not be needed. Hopefully, he can keep my mind off of a certain Winter Prince.
    I reach up to run his long, silky hair
     through my fingers before asking, “Will you wear your hair down for me
     tonight?”
    He smiles and moves closer to me, “I
     will do whatever you wish for me to do, Mel.” Giving me a wolfish grin he
     continues, “That way it’ll already be down the way you like it when I take you
     to bed tonight.”
    He leans down to quickly kiss my lips
     before gathering his things to exit out the front doors. He’s such a good man,
     and he deserves someone so much better than me. Thankfully, he’s never told me
     he loves me, which I’m glad about. I want to keep our relationship
     uncomp-licated. He doesn’t seem to mind the arrangement we have now. My family
     knows that I am seeing him, but they keep their thoughts silent from me. They
     know that once I find the one I am drawn to it’ll be over between me and Finn.
     The thought makes my heart ache with the loss of one day losing him. He’s been
     an amazing friend and a passionate lover to me for the past five years. I do
     have my heart guarded by a thick wall, but I still feel enough to know that
     I’ll miss him when the time comes.
    I guess my time of procrastinating is
     over since I’m now standing alone in the foyer. I walk to the front doors of
     the palace and I look around at the land that doesn’t feel like a home to me
     anymore. The sense of belonging just isn’t there, and I don’t know where I
     belong. I really hope to figure it out someday .

 

     
    I have never been to the Winter Court
     before, but I have been through parts of the Mystical Forest. My horse, Prince
     Ashe, has been my riding companion ever since I was a little girl. I remember
     being little and trying to tie a purple ribbon in his hair. He didn’t like what
     I was doing and made sure to let me know by nipping my hand. It hurt and I
     remember crying like a baby. I never tried to tie ribbons in his hair again.
     Prince Ashe is a midnight black fae horse with sparkly silver eyes. He’s a
     little bigger than a mortal horse and his life longevity is five times as long
     as one, too. He’s all dark with his black saddle and reigns, and boots that are
     black as night with silver spikes. He looks like a menacing creature, but he is
     as gentle as can be.
    The creatures all flock to me when I go
     through the Mystical Forest, and needless to say, they do so today. The sprites
     of the forest are flying everywhere, sitting on my shoulders, playing with my
     braid, tickling my back, and flying all around me. I’m reminded of Snow White
     and how the animals followed her around and helped her do things. I guess I’m
     the faerie version of her. I actually do have three rambunctious sprites that
     help me with my gardening back in the Summer Court. They have agreed to do my
     gardening while I’m away and have been doing so for a lot longer than that. I
     hope someday my heart will find the joy in gardening like it used to. I look
     around at all the little furry animals milling about and following us, and I
     give them all a warm smile. Once I acknowledge them, they head out on their
     way.
    We ride for a few minutes more and I
     begin to feel the wind changing course. The breeze is no longer the warm breeze
     of the Summer, but the crisp and cool breeze of the Fall. The trees up ahead
     are changing colors so I know we are close to passing through my sister’s
     court. I’m pretty sure Calista and Ryder have left already to head to the
     Winter Court. Calista used to visit me a lot by using Nixie to port travel.
     Nixie helped save my sister in the Black Forest and she also has the ability to
     port travel anywhere in the Land of the Fae in a matter of seconds. The dark
     sorcerer held her captive until Calista came along and