"Fabian… can't come."
"What?" Klaus gasped while the rest of them knitted their brows.
"My lady, may you explain the reason?" Fabian inquired with a misplaced innocence in his almost squinting eyes. "Are you worried I will mess things up?"
"No." Tilly's eyes fell on the skull ring around Fabian's finger. "As I've said, if there was darkness, there is light. However, I haven't mentioned one thing."
"Why can't you just say it in one go?!" Klaus harrumphed in distress.
Tilly paused while everyone somehow held their breaths to whatever bomb she was about to drop. Fabian's eyes slowly opened, rubbing his skull ring with his thumb.
"Maleficent?" Fabian asked, and Tilly nodded.
