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“What makes ye think so?” Chance shot back

“Ireland is delicious and has its own flavor … and scent I can smell Ireland, and I can see the lake …”

“Ireland—lake What lake?” asked Trevor

“I am not sure” She looked at Trevor and avoided Chance’s eyes He was studying her, and itback “Let’s look at this from Pestale’s point of view What do we know about him?”

“You mean other than the fact that he is an abomination—a murderer?” Trevor spat out irritably

“That is part of our proble about him, and it would help us locate hi at Chanceht—we know that he was filled with anger and the need for revenge when he killed …” She gave Chancemont a solemn eye-to-eye look “When he … took your sister’s life She had killed his youngest brother to save Trevor’s life That tells us he is capable of ee”

“He is nothing like h the air “Lana went after and killed his brother because he was about to kill the ainst Pestale” He shook his head, and it was an anguished e, but he is well able to stand his own ground and take me on She was no match for him” Chance looked away from Royce and went quiet

She wanted to reach out and touch him and did in fact take a step towards hiether, and she touched his hand “Yes, you are right, but let’s focus on hio The Dark Fae are usually devoid of emotion, empathy, but this Dark Prince seeest brother—about the loss of his brother, and it certainly moved him to action”

Royce took to pacing as she spoke and turned to frown up at Chance “It is very possible that he still has feelings for his reu After all, they are all this Dark Prince has ever had, all he’s known If he has even the slightest feelings for them, he would want them with him He would work as hard to be reunited with them as he would to stay out of our reach while he foroals are different than the goals Gaiscioch had outlined But whatever the goals, he will need a portal to help his brothers escape the Dark Realm”

“You are suggesting that that he has genuine feelings,” Trevor growled “I don’t believe that He is a Dark Fae … no empathy, no emotions—”

“I disagree,” said Chance quietly “I think m’wee princess has a point Pestale was different than his brothers He led them, but he did care when ed We would do well to reainst hie, he can feel other emotions”

“Point taken,” said Trevor “So the question reive us the where exactly”

“He will need a very special portal,” Royce said as she tried to form a picture of the portals the queen had already removed from Ireland “As I recall, e sarsen portal from a secret island in the Lower Lake in Killarney” She turned away fro on the three lakes

She could picture them in her mind—and all at once, she saw him

He stood on a est lake—the Lower Lake He was at the water’s edge of that island, and she could see the ruins of an old abbey behind hi in ancient Danu