she gave a go-ahead nod. “The Elementia soundtrack is on sale in our booth, and my song is on there. Lucky track thirteen.”

“How come Eamon O’Brien isn’t with us today? There are rumors he’s taking on the lead role in the next Wes Anderson film.”

“Yeah, he’s signed on, but I don’t think I’m supposed to say anything else.” I played with a tiny loose string on the arm of the chair. “He’ll make it here tomorrow for the final day of the con.” I hope. People whooped. Some girl screamed. “Hey, that’s my boyfriend,” I said and the audience rolled with laughter.

“Do you miss him?” the moderator asked.

I was going to say something mature, but instead I nodded. Life without Eamon was life without dessert. The audience clapped. Then they began to cheer. Riotously.

Psychotically.

I glanced at Julian and Shoshanna, and they were smirking like they had a secret. I turned to the other side of the stage, and Eamon was walking toward me. Eamon with the freckles and the crystal eyes and that gorgeous, brawling hair.

I jumped up. I jumped on him.

He held me fast, and then I remembered we were onstage and had to crawl down him. We slipped into the plush chair together, hip to hip, his arm around my waist.

“We’re shameless,” Shoshanna said over the cheers. “But they’re so cute.”

“Everyone loves a love story,” Julian concluded. I barely heard them. I couldn’t believe Eamon was here. Right here. I stared at him like I’d never seen him before.

“Sorry I’m late. Couldn’t fly fast enough,” he whispered, although I was wearing a microphone, and everyone got to enjoy his sweetness.

I laced my fingers with his. “I think this means you win the marketing pool.”

His crystal-blue eyes fell on my bandaged arm. “Iris! You got your tattoo without me?”

I pulled off the bandage to show my untouched skin. “I waited for you, although I kind of had to fake it.”

He kissed me, and the audience screamed. At first all I could hear was their cheering, but then I remembered how much I loved his lips. His breath. His cheek against my cheek.

“What do you say we watch the preview?” the moderator yelled to the riled audience. The crowd screamed as the theater darkened and a projector lit up a screen above our heads. “Your mics are off,” the moderator whispered at us. “Feel free to talk.”

“What if it sucks?” Shoshanna squeaked.

“It won’t suck!” Julian snapped.

Henrik came onstage, sitting on the armrest beside Cate. I beckoned for Ryder to come out too, and he sat at my feet. The opening credits filled the screen with Grandma Mae’s name, accompanied by the skin-prickling music I’d helped pick out.

“I suppose this is a good time to let you know the first sequel will be back in production by the end of the week,” Cate whispered.

“Seriously?” Ryder yelled. I squeezed his shoulder, and he looked back at me. “Iris, does this mean we get to do it all over again?”

“Of course!”

Eamon grinned wildly, and I kissed him.

“Cate,” Julian said. “I’ve been thinking. What if we wrote in a love interest for Evyn?”

“Quiet, Julian,” Shoshanna barked. “I’m watching my breakthrough performance.”

The movie began in earnest, and I rested my head on Eamon’s shoulder, breathing deeply. We were all taking off in new directions.

Into the azure sky of this so-called fantasy.

IRIS’S SOUNDTRACK FOR NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

1. Landing in Ireland: “Free Life” by Dan Wilson

2. Filming fantasy: “Manifest Destiny” by Guster

3. Maedina’s Tree: “Into the Fire” by Thirteen Senses

4. It’s Not a Tantrum: “Navy Taxi” by Kate Nash

5. Ferry Kissing: “Love Like the Movies” by the Avett Brothers

6. Recording Studio: “Blinded By Rainbows” by the Rolling Stones

7. Yoga Bonding: “As Cool As I Am” by Dar Williams

8. Giving an Interview: Flaws” by Bastille

9. Eamon’s Big Scene: “Cosmic Love” by Florence + The Machine

10. Dublin Bender: “Then OK” by Julia Nunes

11. The Thorne Family Legacy: “Mess Is Mine” by Vance Joy

12. Filming Canceled: “Pompeii” by Jasmine Thompson (Bastille cover)

13. Going Viral: “Speak Plainly, Diana” by Joe Pug

14. Dad: “Wisemen” by James Blunt

15. Goodbye Ireland: “Haunted” by Shane MacGowan & the Popes

16. Comic-Con/Theme Song: “Do It Anyway” by Ben Folds Five

GLOSSARY

Film, Fantasy, and Irish

BLACKENED WASTES OF THORNBRED: (fantasy) The remains of Thornbred Forest, burned to the ground by the survivors of Manifest, following the earthquake that dropped their city into the Kryeng Sea. Home of the Knye.

BYERS: (fantasy) Half-Knye elf, survivor of the Blackened Wastes of Thornbred and Evyn’s abductor and eventual savior.

CERUL: (fantasy) The island kingdom off the coast of Elementia, which is burned to the ground by Evyn at the end of the first book in the Elementia trilogy.

CRAFTY: (film) Nickname for craft services, the food people.

CRAIC: (Irish) Fun.

DAILIES: (film) The raw, unedited footage collected at the end of the shooting day.

DINGLE PENINSULA: (Irish) The northernmost major peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland, containing the town of Dingle at Dunmore Head. Corca Dhuibhne in Irish.

DRAEMON: (fantasy) Monastic community of element-worshipping women, just north of the Island Kingdom of Cerul, off the western coast of Elementia.

DUN AENGUS: (Irish) Anglicized name of the Bronze Age prehistoric fort on Inishmore. Dún Aonghasa in Irish.

ELEMENTIA: (fantasy) A dead continent cursed by humans and elves, which is saved by a lightning-cursed heroine.

EVYN: (fantasy) Antagonist of the Elementia trilogy, cursed by fire, twin to Sevyn.

GOAT: (Irish) An idiot.

JUICER: (film) Nickname for the production’s electrician.

KILLYKEEN: (Irish) Forest park in County Cavan, Ireland, straddling Lough Oughter, a lake that contains a small island with the ruins of the circular Cloughoughter Castle.

KNACKERED: (Irish) To be severely tired—usually from staying up drinking.

KNYE: (fantasy) Elves who were scorched during the burning of the Thornbred Forest, turned black-hearted. Blood drinkers.

INISHMORE: (Irish) Anglicized name of the largest of the Aran Islands off the coast of Galway, Republic of Ireland. Inís Mor in Irish.

LAST LOOKS: (film) A call for any last-minute makeup touch-ups before filming resumes.

MAGIC HOUR: (film) The perfect light to shoot at twilight.

MAEDINA: (fantasy) Half-elf Draemon apprentice who accidentally curses Sevyn with lightning at birth.

MANIFEST: (fantasy) The

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