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I am fine, but I am awake and my memories have stopped unravelling. The charm is slowly rebuilding my thoughts and the healers here think I should have everything back in place by the end of the week.” She remembered overhearing every word around her, including her cousin’s heartfelt visit.
    Elhara could feel the rupture of the wards as something powerful came through them. The demoness smirked for a moment before a knife slid through her and jutted from her ribs. A demon made of shadows disappeared as quickly as he had appeared.
    The demoness dropped to the floor, her back arched obscenely over the hilt of the dagger. Blood pooled under her and she was gone in seconds.
    Asha looked up at the leprechaun male holding her and her eyes were puzzled. “What the hell just happened here?”
    Watching her cousin pass out was shocking. “Asha!”
    It was no use. The caregivers quickly checked her and whispered to the dark green male holding her. Elhara was stuck in bed watching events.
    “Who are you, sir?”
    The man turned to her with gold eyes bright in his dark green face. “I am Tuartha, High Lord of the leprechauns. Your cousin’s husband.”
    Elhara leaned back into the pillows, her grandparents on either side. “Lose your mind for a few days and everything goes whacky.”
    She was comforted by the caregivers and her grandparents, everyone assuring her that her memories would soon be complete again. Whatever she was trying to remember would come to her and she needed to let things take their course.
    Deep in the night when everyone had gone, she had an epiphany.
    Elhara sat in the care centre and let her mind show her what it was remembering. Red skin, black hair and a smile that made her heart beat faster even in memory.
    When she whispered his name, she could swear that he was right in front of her. “Solar.”
    Her apparition smiled and reached to lift her from the bed.
    The leprechaun guards were frozen in place, as if time itself was standing still. She smiled and reached for him like a child for a parent.
    As he lifted her in his arms, she felt the click of rightness and asked him the one question that she couldn’t let go of. “Who are you?”
    He grinned and she felt his magic taking them from the leprechaun city. “All in good time, beloved. All in good time.”
    Secure in his arms, she hung on and when he pressed a kiss to her forehead, she smiled.
    “Welcome to my home, Elhara.”
    Instead of the dead of night, they were in bright light. A home made of crystal with a thousand points of light illuminating every inch of it was truly a wonderful sight. “We are still in Realm?”
    “We are. The outskirts of the demons’ demesne. Few want to live with this much light, so I jumped at the chance to take it as my own.”
    He placed her carefully in a bed strewn with flower petals.
    The rainbow of petals started a memory, but she couldn’t quite make it take shape. She settled in her green wrap and smiled when her companion threw a blanket over her. “Thank you.”
    He brushed his hand along her hairline and pressed a kiss to her forehead. “No need for thanks, simply rest and recover. I will be near when you wake.”
    She was drifting off when she asked, “Will you let them know where I am?”
    “Of course. Now, sleep and dream of me, Elhara.”
    He left her alone, but she knew he was nearby and a smile curved her lips. “Solar.”
    * * * *
    He drummed his fingers against the table and spoke to the figures in the mirror. “I have her, she is safe now, but her memories are still incomplete.”
    There was a bank of mirrors and he was speaking to High Lord Tuartha as well as Elhara’s family at the same time.
    Tuartha nodded. “It will take time. You should not have taken her without warning me.”
    “Would you part with Asha for a moment if you had a choice?” He gave the leprechaun a serious look and the man grinned.
    “No. She is mine and she will stay with me, or I will follow where she leads.