Lissana was in the garden, at the place where the door to the fairy realm was located, wondering how Tarik was doing, when suddenly the portal lit up. Lissana's heart skipped a beat; for a moment, she thought it was Tarik, that he had returned to be with her.
But the ones who came out of the portal were her cousin Uzziel and Maya.
"What are you doing here?"
asked Lissana, a bit surprised and concerned to see them there. Uzziel responded with some excitement.
"We're back home."
Lissana turned to Maya.
"I thought you would stay in fairyland until all this was over!"
"We couldn't stay there any longer, the queen made us choose what we wanted to do, as we were only outsiders, guests who had stayed longer than expected."
Even though Maya was being subtle, Lissana asked, "Did she really
