DISCLAIMER: Wicked Lovely belongs to Melissa Marr, as does my eternal soul.

~ When All Is Said And Done ~

When all is said and done,
Will I know where I'm from?
Remember me.

Where will I be?
I guess I'm on the run.
Remember me. - Trapt "When All Is Said and Done"

- Prologue: Dreaming of Screaming -

Lately, the Dark King often dreamed of black wings.

Beautiful black wings and bloodstained hands.

It had been four months since Seth's disappearance. All of the faery monarchs except Aislinn knew where Seth was. Keenan was dead set on keeping Seth's whereabouts a secret from the Summer Queen, and the consequences of that decision were causing tensions to rise between the Summer and Winter courts.

Beautiful black wings and bloodstained hands, reaching out desperately as her screams shatter the silence.

Niall seemed to be the only one who even noticed Bananach's obvious absence. The Summer and Winter monarchs were too wrapped up in their love triangle to even look after their courts properly - which had probably been Bananach's intention when she'd spirited Seth away to Faerie. The chaos she'd managed to create among the courts only needed another small push or two to become full-out war, so why wasn't she here gloating about it? To have her plan come together and then just drop off the face of the earth for months at a time was not like her... and she was far too short-sighted to be taking this long to plan her next move in advance.

Even among the Dark Court, Niall seemed to be the only one who thought that Lady War's absence was a bad thing. Gabriel and the Hounds were just grateful she wasn't around causing trouble that they would be expected to clean up after. (Well, the Ly Ergs did seem to miss her, but that was mostly only because they missed the easy meals she usually provided for them.)

But the Dark King had a bad feeling about this. Bananach not present and unaccounted for, for an extended period of time, at a time when the faery courts were very nearly in chaos? It was unheard of. Something MUST be wrong.

If nothing is wrong then why else would her nightmares be invading my dreams?

-to be continued-

A/N: So it's my first multi-chapter Wicked Lovely fic. HUZZAH! More soon, my lovelies.

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