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"Haste is not the issue, stealth is A score of you in the huht never coain, Hunter, as you did before The Corowled Bastion

"Do as I say and it will come to pass Disobey me and it will never happen"

"The Hunters obey no one" Dark wings rustled angrily

"We all obey, Bastion, and have since The Co for patience The Unseelie tried his patience at the best of tierous tiue Hunters who refused to obey his coe Will you follow my orders, or am I to assume you are content in your realm? Trapped Stabled like lowly beasts"

Lips drawn back in a scowl, Bastion nodded once, tightly "Very well Four of us, no more Have you any idea where he is?"

"Not yet Aoibheal has forbidden his name to even be spoken at court, henceGo first to Scotland, the Highlands He once sired a son there" Unfortunately, Darroc knew little more than that He had no idea if the child had even survived to ht count as friends had never been friends of Darroc’s, and Aoibheal kept her own counsel where the prince she’d been so wont to indulge was concerned If not for Mael, he’d have known nothing at all of Adah Council--kept in the dark Still, a number of his race hadn’t been seen for severalwith a time shortly after Adam’s banishment to the human realm He had no doubt he would soon find one of his brethren who knew exactly where Adam was, if the Hunters didn’t find him sooner

"And e find him?"

Darroc ser for a return to old times and old ways It ed on the Fae Isle of Morar as did the Hunters in their prison-realm "You may kill him, but"--he placed a forceful hand on Bastion’s arm--"you must make it appear an accident As if he died ofAdam Black is only the first step in my plan, and the queen’s suspicionsremotely Fae anywhere near his body Human wounds only Do you understand?"

"Yes"

"Can you make the other three understand and obey you?"

"I will choose well" Bastion shifted i them here," said Darroc

Bastion’s flame-colored eyes flashed as he called forth his Hunters

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