Jace had been taken into the nether realms, and Christine disparaged ever getting him back. It was risky, but she called on her Loa, drawing all her power together and with her Staff, concentrated the power and followed his spirit to where he was hidden. Feeling his spark, she pulled with every erg of power she had amassed over the past weeks, and brought him back to the land of the living again, whole and hearty.

Their love for each other swelled. He had been gone 6 weeks, and both had tried to return to the other. Jace picked her up, spun her around and carried her off, both of them laughing with delight.

They had a lot of loving to make up for, so they returned to their cabin and made sweet love for the rest of the day...