Darien had decided to not to melt the gate. But told Talia to make a rock formation around it. And apparently set more traps himself. Saying he would have to figure out what to do next.
The fae left at Bright Flame had taken the essence of Layla's wells into her as well. Kurt found this out by being able to move to the well himself, like all the rest of them. She hadn't just left him there.
Kurt had thought Sara and Betsy were going to be on his side about not letting Layla put another fae on Earth. He was very wrong. Everyone seemed to think it would be good to have the access. And since there was one, what was the difference?
Kurt was out voted and they were able to make a quick trip to the other continent. And found a suitable place that was off the paths and hard to get to exactly. Kurt didn't know the continent well. So he couldn't tell exactly where it was.
