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Rhys was one of the few sidhe who had his own house away froic interfered with television reception, and he liked his h he did love movies

"How h said ere in the enchanted sleep for days," I said "Maybe inside the sluagh&039;s mound, but out here, and at the other courts, it&039;s only been hours"

"Time moves differently around Merry, but not in all of faerie," Doyle said, al out loud

Sholto moved up beside us, or rather leaned overthat my court is a few days ahead of the rest of faerie now?"

"So it would seem," Doyle said

Mistral added, "The tied when the princess was inside last too Not by days, but hours&039; difference in the few clocks that we had, and those outside"

"I don&039;t think it&039;s ic of the Goddess"

"But it is you who is the nexus for it," Doyle said

That I couldn&039;t argue with

Captain Page si ahead of us He turned with Walters at his side "What are you all whispering about?"

"Don&039;t bother," Walters said "They&039;ll just lie"

"We never lie," I said

"Then you&039;ll hide so ht as well lie," he said

"Why are you so unhappy with ave ered your ents last tier around ood time either"

His face softened, and he nodded "I&039;er, and that awful things keep happening to you I know it&039;s not just us mere humans who are in the way of it all"

It was the way he said " been happening on your end of the problems that I don&039;t know about, Major?"

"Your uncle, the King of Light and Illusion, is de that we turn you over to him He says that he will protect you from your kidnappers" He motioned to the e said

Walters o ahead

"Your aunt, the Queen of Air and Darkness, is de that you return to her court, and she says that she will protect you"

"Did she really?" I asked

"You seee said

"The last time she spoke to me she admitted that she could not keep eles"

The two e said

"Her court," Doyle said "Not the queen herself?"

"No, but then we haven&039;t spoken directly to either of theave a laugh "You don&039;t talk to the president to find out what he wants you to do, not without ot"

"Who has made the demands on behalf of the queen?" Doyle asked "Her son, Prince Cel," Page said

"Yeah," Walters said, "he seems very worried about his cousin" Walters watched ive nothing away But I knew Cel didn&039;t want nant ive me her throne now She&039;d vowed in open court that she would give the throne to whoever got with child first Technically, I could have pushed the matter, and demanded a cro, before the babies were even born But I knew better I knew that if I went back to the Unseelie Court pregnant, I would never live to see them born Cel had to kill us all now

"Our queen is different fro that doesn&039;t co his es, but Queen Andais likes the personal touch"

"Are you saying that your cousin is lying?" Page asked

"I&039;o he was the sole heir to his ht was suddenly up for grabs, Captain?"

"You&039;re saying he&039;s a danger to you," Page said

I looked at Doyle Did I tell the truth? He nodded

"Yes, Captain, Prince Cel is a danger to me"

"If he makes an appearance," Doyle said, "ill have to treat hierous person"

"We would have to attack the prince?" Page asked

"At the very least make certain he does not come near the princess," Doyle said

"Damnit," Walters said "Who else who&039;s supposed to be on your side is actually a danger to the princess?"

I laughed "You don&039;t have tiet away froer safe for an yelling orders, and people in unifor like they had a purpose Actually, it looked like they were si done, and ere taken to our very own Humvee, what the Hummer was before the idle rich all wanted one Which e, and was just scarier looking, like the difference between guns for Olys They both shoot, but just by looking at them you know that they can&039;t do each other&039;s jobs

Galen was standing beside the Hu to a woman with short dark hair Her face was raised to his, and she was studying his face as if trying toself, but her body language was much more intimate than that They both looked at us as we calad smile, but the woman I swear it wasn&039;t a friendly look

He was in uniforrays and eye-tricking shapes, though oddly, I hadn&039;t had any trouble seeing anyone in the new camo Weren&039;t the uniforms supposed to be invisible in the wilderness? Maybe it didn&039;t work on the fey Interesting The dull colors seereen under tone of his pale skin His father had been a pixie, and it showed in his skin color and his green hair He hugged round and I was left a little breathless He finally put me down, then studiedfar ht I&039;d lost you"

"What has been happening while we slept?"

"We found Onilwyn&039;s body, and the ic on him"

I nodded "He tried to help the Seelie assassins kill Mistral, then he tried to killmy face in his chest "When we didn&039;t find any ht you were alone Alone and without me or Rhys to protect you"

I pushed back so I could breathe better "Sholto got there"

"Before?" he asked

I shookthe archers at the ti her alone in the snow"

Galen looked at hi else really matters"

"I know that," Sholto said

"You left her alone in the snow You said it yourself"

Sholto opened his ht I was derelict in ain"

"See that it doesn&039;t," Galen said

Doyle and Rhys were looking fro, or have you learned to throw your voice?" Rhys asked

"I think our little Galen is growing up," Doyle said

Galen scowled at theerous where you have been for Galen Greenhair to be talking like the Darkness"

The rest of us exchanged looks, then I said, "The Western Lands are safer, Mistral, but they are not safe"

"Nowhere will be safe for Merry, while our ene the truth, but to hear hi inside me

"We can&039;t kill the them all," Doyle said "The problem is that we do not knoho they all are"

And that was indeed the problem