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I wasn’t anyway, and they both knew it, but Leanansidhe looked at Ash When he didn’t say anything, she huffed "You both are i up her hands "Oh, very well Stay or go, darling, it esture, regarding me with a faint sht be for the best Yes, of course This ork out nicely"
Ash and I exchanged a glance "Why do I get the feeling I’ next?" I h dancing around For the ten million dollar question--what exactly did you lose, Lea?"
"A violin," Leanansidhe exclai, and I have been a broken wreck because of it" She sniffed, clutching at her heart "My favorite violin, stolen right out fro a face "Really? You’re calling in a favor for that? What, you don’t want to wait until you’ve lost a pipe organ or soarded her solemnly "You want us to find the thief," he said, and it wasn’t really a question
"Well, not really, darling" Leanansidhe scratched the side of her face "I have a good idea who the thief is, and where they tookit back"
"If you knoho the thief is, and where they took the violin, why do you need us?"
Leanansidhe sht "Because,Puck," she crooned, "my precious violin was stolen by Titania, your Suo into the Seelie Court and steal it back"
Oh, fabulous
"Well," I said cheerfully, "is that all? Steal so back fro we needed to go on a suicide nored me, typical of him "Queen Titania has your violin?" he asked, incredulous "Are you certain it was her?"
"Quite certain, darling" Leanansidhe pulled a cigarette flute out of the air, puffing indignantly "In fact, this was right after you went back into the Nevernever The jealous shrew made quite sure I kneas responsible She still believes I stole her wretched golden iven ht at me "I do not kno she has come to think that, pet, do you?"
I blinked innocently "Why are you looking atmy eyelashes "Is this the face of such a dastardly villain?" Leanansidhe sighed
"Anyway," she continued, turning back to Ash, "that is the situation And as I cannot go into the courts any longer, I need someone who can That’s where you two come in"
"I cannot just walk into Arcadia," Ash said "I will be trespassing, and by law the Su may have me executed if we are discovered You know this"
"I know, darling," Lea placated "But I suspect you’ll be able to co Especially if you have Master Goodfelloith you" She smiled and puffed a smoke rabbit at e Unless he’s afraid of his terrible Summer Queen"
"Oh, please Don’t think I don’t knohat you’re doing," I told her, raising an eyebrow "I’h to fall for that, Lea Who do you think you’re talking to, anyway?"
"I would think this is right up your alley, darling," the Exile Queen returned "Sneak the Winter prince into Arcadia, right under Titania’s nose? Steal so from the bitch queen’s room, only to hand it over to her rival? It has ‘Robin Goodfelloritten all over it"
Yeah, it did, didn’t it? This sounded exactly like one of my pranks, and truthfully, under other circuer Titania wasn’t fond of ot to annoy, irritate, or piss off the Summer Queen, I’d jump at the opportunity It wasn’t that I hated her, she was hten up Besides, I’d heard about what she did to Meghan the first time they met, and that needed a little payback No one turns ets aith it, even if it is the Seelie Queen Even if Meghan would never know that I’d defended her
Right noever, I understood Ash’s ihan, his promise to return to her, didn’t really have an expiration date, but I figured it would be a long, arduous adventure without all these annoying side quests We needed to be searching for a certain obnoxious furball, not pranking the Seelie Queen, nothat sounded
Except, Lea really wasn’t giving us a choice