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But he hadn’t He’d vanished and we’d not heard a peep nor seen a sign of him since

What power Cruce had! He held the fate of an entire race and a planet in his hands Bitter over the queen’s choice ofno love for hu now?

No doubt hunting for a way to cheat death, seeking so would save the Unseelie, I believed Cruce ht actually do it But save the Seelie? What did he care if they died, along with so et off world in time?

Like Cruce and the Seelie, the Unseelie, too, had vanished I had no idea if he’d taken the world while they could still sift, lumber, slither, or crawl into the Silvers

My parents had finally agreed to leave and go off world toht but only because I’d pro to happen Barrons could handlein front of him I would never do that to my parents Parents should never have to watch their children die

I couldn’t shake the feeling there was still so I could do

But what?

Even the sidhe-seers had given up searching through the old lore, and had either already gone off world or were spending their last days with people they loved, enjoying time on our planet until they were forced off

I had half a song, Cruce had the other half And never the tould meet

"Ms Lane" A man fell into step beside hts of BB&B Busy ad at my store, my home, I absently murmured, "Jayne" Then, "Inspector Jayne!" I whirled in the street to gape at him If I’d seen hinized hiiven me a funny look when Enyo had told us Jayne was dead orme he’d turned Seelie prince "Everyone believes you’re dead or MIA," I exclaimed

He smiled faintly "I left before the transformation became too obvious They’d not have followed me I’d trained them to kill the Fae"

Noas as Fae as me The tall, robust Liaer version of hi tawny hair, iridescent eyes, and a degree of s Like all Fae, he was beautiful

"The wife’s not co," he said with a soft snort

"I’m sure she’s not," I murmured