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A deep, atavistic rattle began in Barrons’s chest, and I knew Cruce had just signed his death warrant again

I whirled and locked gazes with him, shucked my pride, doffed my prickly alpha stubbornness and said, You are my world, Jericho Barrons Not hilealanced back at Cruce "Can you use your Fae power to remove some of the dirt fro it a long ely and, were he human, I’d have called the expression consternation followed by annoyance, perhaps even unease "No," he said, sounding faintly surprised "So interference The effect of the sphere extends well beyond the riI have encountered before"

"How do I use the queen’s power?"

"I told you s and I’ll do it" And in the process,further instruction

He sn the Co"

"What Compact?" everyone demanded simultaneously

"Cruce said he would teach me how to use s"

Jada said flatly, "No loss there Do it" Ryodan and even the still-seething Barrons concurred

"Then once the world is safe, I have to transfer the True Magic to hiit, and I just looked around at all of them and waited for them to die dohich they eventually did

"Be reasonable It’s not out of the question," I said "He’s willing to agree to lengthy stipulations in the Co that he will never harm our world, and will take the Fae far away, forever forbidding future contact I think you’ll find hi All he’s ever wanted is to lead his race" I frowned I was standing up for Cruce now But it was true It was all he’d ever wanted Things were so different in ic ruled hand in hand with compassion for the race I’d been born to, with no other sentiencearound with my brain Yes, he’d raped er I’d felt for so long was sione What remained was a chaotic world with coh to lead the various factions My experience with the Sinsar Dubh had forever changed me I’d encountered true evil Up close and personal I knehat it was Cruce was not evil As a Fae, he was a fine one Exes to humans

Barrons said softly, "Is this what you want, Mac?"