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Gabby squeezed her eyes shut Inhaled deeply, exhaled slowly

Then glanced at the clock and picked up the phone It was dinner-time in California; her ed

She dialed the hohad coraduation, but she’d send a gift and call in a feeeks Feeling guilty, as she usually did where her mom was concerned, she added, "Maybe I can fly out for Christ she was still alive

Outside the suite, Ada restlessly, impatient for a shower himself, and to further Gabrielle’s seduction

They could have slept on the train, in a passenger compartment with berth and bath, but he wanted her to taste ive her, even without his full powers Seduction required the appropriate stage, and luxury always made a splendid one Besides, he wanted to do a bit of "shopping" Trust would be a hard thing to win fro her to hiths, the things he could give better than any other man

He knew she liked the suite He’d seen it in her eyes He’d seen also her instant wariness when her gaze had fallen on the only bed He’d reive her a chance to accliuard down (in as lance down the hall at the clock above the elevators told hio

Though he was certain they were safe stopping--the four Hunters Gabby had seen would have a hard ti them inround--he wasn’t about to leave her alone

Now that he was sifting place again--despite the tangle he’d left in Kentucky and all the Fae-residue in Cincinnati--he guessed they had a full day, at eneral vicinity Which was an acceptable risk, for by ht, this one stolen night, would be his first

Then he would implement the plan he’d formulated on the train

It was now imperative he secure an audience with Aoibheal She had to be apprised that Darroc had brought forth her Hunters fro not only forbidden but costly to do, as the Hunters were mercenary to the core and handsoes

Adaht have promised the the Hunters knew Aoibheal would never give them: freedom from their realm of shadow and ice A return to the old ways

Whichan attempt to overthrow the queen, and soon And Adam had no doubt that, should Darroc come to power, not only would The Compact be immediately voided, the Unseelie would be freed and it would be war between the reale the likes of which they’d not seen infor Circenn to resurface It was no longer a case of hi an audience merely because he was fed up with his punisher, the future of all the real to have to force Aoibheal to appear

When she’d first made him huainst it Not only had he lacked the intermediary necessary to make it work, he knew the queen’s fury would know no bounds if he did such an unthinkable thing

But now, he thought darkly, he had a reason Faery was doing precisely what he’d always suspected it would do without hi, they would leave for Scotland

And there, on the first day of August, on the feast of Lughnassadh, a mere ten days hence, one way or another, by fairno other Tuatha Dé in existence would ever even consider doing

The queen would be incensed at first, but upon realizing why he’d done it, upon discovering Darroc’s treachery, she would be pleased and grateful She would swiftly reinstate his power and restore his iize (for things that he shouldn’t have to apologize for anyway) And all would be well once h to conte iain