Reunion

Evie slowly guided Onyx and told him in her mind to land just behind the men and Queen Beatrice. She kept her eyes on them as they turned around, excited at the thought of seeing her again. Then after Onyx settled on the ground, Evie nimbly leapt to the ground, waving her greetings at the men and her mother-in-law. Then she turned back and gestured for Zolan to get down as well. He had some slight difficulty in coming down from Onyx, as he had lost one arm and that affected his balance somewhat. However, after some maneuvering, Zolan jumped down sufficiently well for a one-armed man.

The vampires, except Queen Beatrice, were all standing there, eyes wide and paralyzed to the spot as they looked at that approaching figure. They stared at Zolan as though they were seeing a ghost. In fact, a couple of them even thought for a few seconds that it might be Zolan's ghost who was visiting them now.

None of them could even move until Zolan grinned and waved at them.