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Aoibheal spun in a swirl of blinding light She was silent for a ti shallowly He could feel the unease in her s the kind of Fae she’d been raised on tales of The queen was truly for, ancient, forbidding, alien, incredibly powerful He only hoped his ka-lyrra would remember that he was not like his queen That Tuatha Dé were no more like unto one another than humans were

Finally the queen turned back to hiest supporters, staunchest advocates"

"For Christ’s sake, lip service, no h that?"

"He has never left my realm to play with humans"

Adam bit back a caustic, No, just Hunters, and remained silent

"He has served onHe’d told her what he had to say; he knew she understood the ramifications of it He knew also it would be difficult for her to accept that one of her Elders had betrayed her

"I have forbidden any Seelie to bring forth the Unseelie for any reason, under threat of a soulless death"

"Gee," he couldn’t resist saying dryly, "you think otten the bad blood between the two of you!" she hissed

"I’ with Hunters!" he hissed back

Another silence Her fury at hiested his news The air was slowly beginning to warain

"And for this you had the Keltar fail to perforhnassadh that keeps the walls between realms intact? You took it upon yourself to risk our worlds colliding?"

"It was the only way I knew to gain your ear To warn you No matter that my queen had chosen to punishall in my power to protect her I will always protect my queen Even," he added pointedly, "when she has stripped away my power to do so Besides, it’s not as if I didn’t try to find Circenn first It occurs to me now that perhaps you were the reason I couldn’t find hireed "Perhaps he and his fa an extended holiday on Morar"

Ada in a faint sardonic s moment "I must have proof of this I must see this with my own eyes I ged "Use me as bait"