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"We doing this?" he said

"I guess so"

He inched Tywysog Du closer and reached to squeeze her Former lover, current best friend--a feat I was still aed It took work, but it was important to both of us, and six months later, ere settled into the new relationship

This would be Ricky's first Hunt, too The first time we fully inhabited our ancient roles--endary king of the Cwn Annwn There was a third party in this configuration Gwynn ap Nudd, evenBut Gabriel had no place here Not tonight

"Is that the car?" Ioan asked, his quiet voice traveling through the silence

Another of the Cwn Annwn--Meic--peered down the road with binoculars Yes, just regular binoculars The Huntsht vision, but not bionic sight, and unlike most fae, they embraced human tech

"It's definitely a dark sedan," Meic said "Could be an Audi"

"You realize you have an expert, right?" Ricky called to him

Ioan chuckled and waved for Meic to bring the binoculars to me

My Cwn Annwn blood gave ht vision, but it wasn't like theirs, and I had to squint tovehicle

"We've got a BMW," I said, as it came over a dip a hundred feet away

I only needed to nudge Rhyddhad She knehat that et the hell away frooes into a tailspin seeing a pack of giant hounds and horsemen

Human folklore said that if you spotted the Hunt, you'd die That wasn't exactly true Yes, if you spotted theency call to check your life insurance policy But for any culture with Wild Hunt folklore, the fear of therained, and the Cwn Annwn preferred not to send innocent humans into mindless panic, especially when they were behind the wheel of a motor vehicle

So the horses and hounds headed into the field, not unlike city kids playing road hockey when someone called "Car!"

I watched the vehicle as it passed and "Shit!"

There was the dark blue Audi aiting for--a few car lengths behind the BMW

"Brenin!" Ioan shouted, alerting the alpha cwn

The hound whipped around, but he was too far froan She suffered fro she hadn't kept up e bolted for the field

"Lloe?" Ricky called, but she was already veering as Brenin barked a command

Lloergan ran back to the road The BMW was gone, the Audi co to make it And if she did

Lloergan leapt onto the road right in front of the Audi I shouted, "No!" as the car went into a spin

"I can't see Lloe," I whispered, leaning over Rhyddhad's neck "Where's?"