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Magnus shrugged "Aleksandra is an ahtful, unlikeFamilies here They make me want to stab myself in the eye with er "I haven’t s to Do list"

Etain shook his head "Meryn, you can’t just go visit et an invitation to Éire Danu"

Meryn grinned "I’ve already been invited Twice in fact"

Etain dropped his fork "What?"

"She’s cool peeps" She turned her attention back to Grant "What about food? Is it all brought in via the city portal? What did they do before that?"

Etain looked at Aiden "What?"

Aiden spread both hands in front of him "Queen Aleksandra adores Meryn; she even paid for our city square to be rebuilt so Meryn wouldn’t get in trouble for that tiny incident regarding her glue bomb"

Etain shook his head "What?!" He turned back to Meryn, a new look of aduided by my queen On her behalf, I feel I must offer my assistance to you while you are here in the city I will let my fellow fae warriors know that you are to be treated like royalty"

Magnus leaned forward, curiosity plain as day on his face "That is a fairly dramatic reaction to such a small incident I would love to kno you interpreted your queen’s actions based on so few facts"

Etain took a deep breath "My queen cares very little for the affairs of those outside of Éire Danu" He turned quickly to Meryn "Not that she thinks little of humans or any other race But only vaevity The reason why the fae live on a different plane is because of the heartache and sorroere experiencing in losing our hu withdrawn and depressed By keeping us separate, nus "For her to reach out, by extending an invitation, and offering assistance,her people, all her people, that Meryn is a hureat heartache my queen will experience when Meryn passes from this world That alone tells me how my queen views Meryn As a son of Éire Danu, I can do no less than offer my utmost respect, assistance, and protection" He placed a fist over his heart and bowed in his chair

Adriel stared at Etain in shock He had never seen Etain give that level of reverence to anyone, himself included As his unit leader, Etain respected hinus, as the prince of the vampires, was respected for his royal line Adriel knew that Etain would listen and follow orders from either of them, but at that moment, he saw the difference Etain would follow their orders, but he would die for Meryn McKenzie

Magnus stared down the length of the table, his eyes locked on the tiny huave him a thumbs up and turned back to Grant for the rest of her story

Grant gulped visibly He picked up his water glass with a slightly tre hand that confirnificance of Etain’s declaration He took a sip and shot Magnus a nervous look and continued "To answer your question Meryn, rown here on different levels Each level being responsible for different types of foods Level Five raises livestock, everything frorows hay and grain Level Three grows fruits in different clietable known to ar, coffee, and tea are ih the portal"