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Hours ago, he’d insisted the MacKeltars leave the hall, get out of the castle--over their strident protests--persuading them it iser they be elsewhere, as Aoibheal would be furious when she arrived

He’d kept Gabrielle with hiainst the queen’s wrath, however need be, but he didn’t want the distraction of vulnerable MacKeltars too

A fierce gust of wind kicked up suddenly, extinguishing the fire in the hearth, then the air was drenched with jas before them

"Oh, God," he heard Gabrielle whisper, awed

"My Queen," Ada Gabrielle up with him, an arm around her waist

Ah, yes, Aoibheal was furious She was in high glaly beautiful that, even for hi brilliantly, lit by the radiance of a thousand tiny suns Though her forly perfect, nude beneath her gown of light, there was nothing human about her Pure power pulsed in the air, the presence of an immense, ancient entity

"How dare you?" Her words reverberated through the great hall, steel striking off stone

"My Queen," Adam said swiftly, "I would not have taken such extreme measures were your welfare not at risk Gravely at risk"

"I’m to believe this is about me, Amadan? You would have reatest--act of defiance as a selfless act?" Mockery dripped fro part of his true name, not Adam, but Amadan Ah, yes, she was pissed "It is about you," he said A pause "Though if you were inclined to reward me, I would not be averse"

"Reward you? What would I be rewarding you for? Do you have any idea what you’ve done? Do you know that already huh the fabric of place and tiic lies fallow?"

"The dolmens have opened?" Adam was startled

"Yes"

"Well, why the bloody hell did you wait so long?"

She gave hilare that he was surprised his skin didn’t ice "How arow more inclined to punish you further than hear you out"