Chapter 22

It was as though they had blacked out, there were memories missing from Tyrell's head as the next thing he knew he was in a forest. Laylian knew almost immediately where she was. Though she was just as confused about how she had gotten there. Only a few moments ago she was opening her wardrobe but now she was on the floor, staring at dried leaves on the ground.

"What the-" Tyrell muttered as he rubbed his head which he had banged on the forest floor. He focused on Laylian for now as she was the only familiar thing that he had in the situation. "Are you okay?" He asked quickly, checking her over for any scrapes or bumps.

"Yeah i'm fin-you..." Laylian's eyes trained on the four figures which were behind Tyrell which caused him to spin around. Behind him was a man with three young teenagers. It was an instinct to place his hand on Laylian's shoulder , though he doubted that he could protect her any more than she could protect him.

Tyrell made the connection almost instantly. The males of the group who were now in front of him looked extremely similar to Laylian. He was informed that all fae had light features but the males in front of him also held some more structural ressemblances to Laylian. The older male had the same eyes and lips as laylian, which was also shared by one of the boys. The other boy had the same nose and eyebrows as Laylian. It wasn't difficult to telly hat they were related.

"Laylian." The man said happily as he started to walk towards them, acting as though he didn't even notice Tyrell's existence. "How have you been?" He went in for a hug but was stopped as Laylian and Tyrell stepped backwards.

"I've been doing alright father..." Laylians' eyes trailed over the group , who were dressed in the most casual clothes she had ever seen them in. "can i please have an explanation for this?" she gestured to the forest which surrounded them with an almost sarcastic smile. Tyrell almost cheered for himself in his head as he had spotted the relationship but he knew that this was not the time to be focusing on other things.

"The seasons change laylian-" The girl stated cheekily whilst crossing her arms. "When it gets to autumn the leaves start to die and fall , surely you know this." The girl's sassy comment got a shove from the boy who was on her right, the one with Laylian's eyebrows.

"Vansilla this is not the time." He hissed in her ear, just barely audible for Tyrell's human ears. "Are you sure that you have been alright laylian?" His attention turned back to them . Tyrell could feel his judging eyes as he was scanned up and down . "and who is this? It's certainly not Sylvester."

Tyrell's eyes widened at the mention of Sylvester, he shouldn't' have been surprised that they knew of the dark fae but for some reason the mention of his significant other made Tyrell almost want to faint. He could only imagine how worried Sylvester would be once he finds out that they are not in the house.

"I'm Tyrell, human by the way ." He tilted his head for a second and he was surprised at his own confidence. "Could we please have some formal introductions so that i'm not extremely confused? i would also appreciate reasoning as to why we're here." Tyrell still had a hold on Laylian in a protective fashion. This was where most eyes had landed .

"Oh did you find yourself a human boyfriend laylian?" The other boy asked rather snarkily. This caused the couple to goan ."oh...i'm assuming i got that wrong. The boy muttered and his shoulders slumped.

"Yes! introductions are in order. The older man looked around warily. "My name is Addafor and I am Laylian's father. My deepest apologies...we did not mean for you to also follow us." The awkwardness that Addafor was feeling showed very clearly though his tone and body language.

"I like him." Vanilla said as she started to walk towards the human , circling him. "He seems to have some sass. Good job Laylian, you kept good company." She had a smirk on her face. Tyrell would have blushed under any other circumstances and probably would have told her she seemed like good company. Though he was currently in the middle of a strange forest with people he doesn't know, so once again the weirdness of the situation took control of his vocal chords.

"Thanks..." He watched her closely, still holding eye contact. Vanilla felt somewhat freed by the action, he clearly had no clue that she was royalty and was going to put off telling him for as long as she possibly could . "Now um...can i please know who you are?" He turned back to the boys, glancing at the female a few times.

"My name is Landso.I am Laylian's youngest brother." The younger boy stepped forward and offered to shake Tyrell's hand. He had easily decided that this human was not much of a threat, Laylian didn't seem to be worried and so he figured he shouldn't be either. Tyrell took his hand with a cautious smile

"And i'm Acheron." The other boy said with no indication to greet the human very kindly . "I'm the middle child." There was a slight amount of bitterness in his tone but Tyrell decided to overlook that fact.

"And i'm Vansilla, though I think you already heard that." There was a rather big grin on her face as she tore herself away front he intimidating front she had attempted. "Though it's nice to meet a human...what were you doing in Laylian's house?" The awkward silence consumed them as Tyrell looked towards Laylain, expecting her to take the lead. After all this is her family.

"So...now you've all had introductions, why are we here? The previous topic was completely ignored. "And how are we going to get back?" She stared her father in the eyes , knowing it was his doing. He had told her to go to the human dimension in the first place, it would have been him who knew how to get there himself.

"You see my dear daughter...that is exactly it. You're not going back."