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Somewhere in the distance, a lycan howled at the full moon Afterward, all went silent except the incessant chirp of insects

"I’ me both for the sincerity in his voice, and the shock of broken silence

"Uh, sure Poop happens, I guess"

He snorted "Yeah It sure does" Shelton checked the time on his phone "The old man likes to stay in the Fairy Garden Estate"

I felt my forehead pinch "What kind of ardens if you ask et me started on the Unicorn Garden" He motioned me to follow hih the rear garden, past thestadiuon lurked, and up to an iron gate flanked by tall stone walls

I stopped in shock and stared at the landscape through the iron bars of the gate A crystalline pond sat in the ht shined on the water, where a group of figures splashed each other, laughing and giggling The yellow brick road continued past the pond and into a dense forest Lights of every color glittered in the trees, like thousands of tiny light bugs

"Holy farting fairies," I said, borrowing one of Shelton’s scatological phrases "This looks a Are those really fairies?"

"Geez, kid How ?" He pushed through the unlocked iron gate

"Whatevs," I said, and followed hiures abruptly stopped splashing, and the shaft of ht faded Shelton pulled his staff froth I realized I hadn’t brought one, and felt naked even thoughabout

The barest pat of dripping water was all the warning we had before tet figures appeared in front of us Wood groaned and creaked, and round as several trees tore theround and surrounded us

A beautiful and very naked woman stood next to a heinously naked man, their eyes full of suspicion I forced my eyes north of the border, desperate not to see man junk of any kind

"What is your business?" the woman asked in a pure melodic voice

"We’re here on official business to see the Primus" Shelton said

"Lies!" said the man, his voice every bit as pure and musical as the woman’s "Take theles bubbled froe draped over their generous curves, appeared froripped round I tried to h to uproot thee snarl peeled the man’s lips from his teeth "Get rid of them"

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I hardly had a chance to yelp in surprise at the sudden develop without results against the force holding ryyou, fool They will escort you froainst his own captors "Fine You want the truth? I’m here on unofficial business The Primus is my absentee asshole father, and I have to warn hiin meltdown about to blow everyone in Queens Gate to hell You happy now?"

The man’s face flashed to surprise, and then alarm "He speaks the truth"

"Children, release theirls slid their hands away, and the pressure holding my feet to the earth vanished I alirls danced back behind the loo

Shelton brushed at his sleeves, gru about dryads, and stomped down the path I hurried to keep pace

"What was that about?" I asked

"Security You think the Priuards?"

I looked around at the dense forest Giggles echoed froht vision Hundreds of glowing eyes flickered on and uts I very quickly switched night vision off "Uh, Shelton? We’re being watched"