"The answers you seek you will not find with me. All I can say is that Helena took you away from your true place, all in hopes of giving her precious son a mate." she smiles wickedly as she adds on, "you must do what you believe right not what they wish of you. You must live without living, act without thinking but knowing that every action has a consequence. Die without trying. Live without falling. Sacrificing without forgiving and most important of all you must be free without bleeding. Do you understand? For you also must die without dying," snow begins to fall from some unseen place a tulips blossom and somewhere an array of macaws sing as bluet.i.t joins in on the odd song they sing and a raven swoops in to sit on the left of her throne.

"Who are you?" I ask and she stands in doing so all sound ceases.

"I have many names for I have many faces, all you must know is that I am the one true Queen," with those words everything around us dissolves back to what I presume is Alex's office, and we're not alone. Crystel stands to the far corner Adam by her side watching us. While Alex stands next to the one true Queen. All around us others I've never met before stand with their heads inclined. "Adam will go with you to the end of time if you ask him to, but don't try to change him. Unless you wish to kill him."

"I don't understand," is all I can say as Adam comes to stand beside me.

"You will in time, now go," the one true Queen commands and all save Alex, Crystel, Adam, and I leave.

"Thank you," I say and accept Adam's extended hand into my cold one.