Author's note- Thanks to everyone who was reading this. I'm not overly fond of this chapter, I may revamp it later, but this is the epilog.

Let Me Be The One

Never said I was innocent
I will burn in hell for the things I've done to you
Never said I was anything good
I should die from the shame for what I put you through

Let me be the one to bring us back from the dead
I will take the blame for everything
You know I just wanna help you forget
Yeah yeah

We are still living on broken glass
We are still numb because it just keeps happening
All your friends they can kiss my ass
They only see the simple things that they wanna see

Let me be the one to make the pain go away
Shed my skin and show a brand new face
You know I just wanna know that you're okay
-Everclear

Raven awoke early, put on a robe, and made sure the blinds were tightly shut. She stared at Deacon who was still asleep, laying on his back. She wondered if he knew that he snored. She smiled faintly, she hadn't slept so well in years. Reaching down, and brushing his hair out of his eyes, she felt her heart swell with love. This was home.

"Mommy!" Jez called.

"Shh," Raven said coming out of the room. "Your daddy's asleep." Jez's eyes widened. "What is it?"

"I thought I imagined him," her daughter admitted. Raven felt her heart twist. "Why's he still asleep?"

"He likes the night," Raven explained. "Let's go downstairs and get something to eat." Deacon slept until night fall, Raven realized that she'd have to change her and Jez's sleeping patterns. Jez ran to Deacon, he lifted her up and twirled her around. She giggled as he sat her back on the floor.

"How are you?" he asked Raven.

"Oh, um, fine," Raven said.

"And you, kiddo?"

"Great!" Jez said with a grin. Raven somehow managed to convince Deacon to join them for a game of Go Fish, during which he discovered that his daughter cheated.

"See?" Raven smiled, "she does take after you." Jez giggled but clearly loved being compared to her father. An hour later they put Jez to bed together. "We need to talk," Raven said finally after a while.

"I know," Deacon nodded.

"I just need to know what you want," Raven said. "I mean, I am glad you came back but I don't want to uproot Jez from a place where she's safe."

"I was thinking about that after you fell asleep last night," Deacon admitted. "I... I'd like to stay with you."

"Deacon," Raven said. "I..."

"Hear me out," he said. "Mercury can easily take over my business. Ash and the others could join us on this island or another if they wanted. I don't like living without you and if you come back with me... I don't want you in danger. It was different when it was just you. You can take care of yourself, Jez though..."

"So you're willing to give up everything," Raven said in clear disbelief.

"If you want to look at it that way," he shrugged. "I think I'd be getting back a whole lot more. What do you say?"

What else could she say to that? "Okay."

"Yeah?"

"I've been living a half-life without you here," she confessed. "I've missed you. Let's find an island, something for us."

"You're willing to give up this?" he asked.

"I like it here," she said. "But these people don't exactly love vampires."

"I have a confession to make," Deacon said, smiling.

"What's that?" He reached into his jacket and pulled out his cell phone. He flipped it open and showed her a picture on it of a large island.

"Apparently, I own this," he said. "Mercury is already sending people to fix it up." He grinned at her. "Is this a good start?"

"A good start?"

"In making things up to you," he said. "I figured a gift of an island is about as grand of a gesture that anyone can make."

"Gift?"

"All yours," he told her.

"You make it very hard to stay mad at you."

"Good. Mercury says that it should be ready in three months. I'll have to fly back to America for a couple days to sign some paperwork, then I can come back here, take you two and go home."

Raven smiled looking at the island. "Sounds like a plan."

"Yeah?"

"Yes," she smiled kissing him.

"I love you, so fucking much," he breathed against her lips.

"I love you too," she told him.