Free Enamored To A Fool by Jackie Nacht

Foster whispered back.
    “Damn, they’re…intimidating.” Axle glanced back over his shoulder to see people moving away from them. Hell, Oberon was one scary-looking motherfucker. He was sporting a sharp designer black suit with black undershirt, but the man had his arms crossed and exuded such darkness that everyone was doing swift glimpses at the fae before trying to refocus on the ceremony. Khellan wasn’t quite as intimidating as he stood next to Oberon, but Axle didn’t see anyone in their right mind wanting to start a conversation with him.
    The ceremony ended, and the seven of them waited for Torque to come out and meet them in the hallway.
    Puck approached the others and embraced the scary fae. “I didn’t think to see you here.”
    “Well now, I couldn’t think of a better place to be knowing that Torque was graduating. Plus, we thought you could use some help getting back,” Oberon rumbled.
    From what his brother said, Axle knew that Torque loved the Unseelie king. Un-fucking-believable. Oberon scared the hell out of him.
    “I’m Khellan.” Khellan reached his hand over and introduced himself.
    This fae was slightly less scary with dark looks and bad-boy charm. Fuck, was he ever glad he got stuck on the Seelie side. Khellan had a wicked smile as he smirked at all the people around him. By the spark of mischief in his eyes, Khellan looked like he was just itching to cause havoc on them all. Axle watched Brokk elbow the Unseelie in the gut before shaking his head and frowning up at him.
    Khellan tilted his head back and laughed, causing heads to turn. The laugh didn’t exactly sound sane.
    A moment later, Torque maneuvered through the crowd before running up and hugging Puck. Puck, who Axle learned in the last couple years had no concern whatsoever for public displays, grabbed his brother and deepened the kiss.
    Axle turned, not wanting to see Torque’s ass get grabbed, and Foster laughed while clearing his throat. His lover was such a stinker when he caught Axle blushing, because Puck and Torque were having fun in front of them.
    Although, Axle was excited to see his brother this happy, he'd take the blushing any day over what they used to be.
    Titania stepped forward. Funny how this was the first time he was seeing the queen with something more than a bikini on. “You’re looking much better since the last time I saw you.” She actually smiled as she embraced Axle, looking sharp in her suit and platform heels.
    “How are you feeling?” Titania whispered in his ear.
    Axle glanced over her shoulder at Foster. “Never better.”
    “Good. We better get going. We have you all packed up and ready to return.” Titania pulled away and led the group out the main double doors, snatching Oberon on the way. Oberon and Titania embraced while leading them out. The sun was shining upon them for the occasion. They all climbed into separate cars and headed for the house not too far away from the veil they would soon be leaving.
    The drive only took about ten minutes before they were parking their vehicles in the garage. Puck had gone back once to the Unseelie king while they had been in the mortal realm, and Oberon had told them to have something set up for when other faes came over since the gathering was now over. There would be many going back and forth now.
    Axle climbed out to see several more fae moving their stuff out of the log cabin-style home and disappearing into the woods. Axle sighed in relief that he'd packed before he had left that day and that they wouldn’t have to do all the moving on their own. Foster came over and grabbed his hand, making their way up the porch steps.
    “Wooh, they’ve been busy.” A sprite zipped past them and out the door, running into the woods with another box.
    “I guess so. I thought we would be at this all week.” Axle walked down the hall, seeing all the rooms empty except for the furniture that would stay.
    “There’s nothing left.” Puck said from behind