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“Then we are stuck here,” Royce said sadly
“Why is that? Why would you think that, when all we have to do is kill the Fallen Druid—who, given all the atrocities he coainst his own kind, should be killed? The Druid I once knew is no longer” Chance spat out the words harshly
“Well, we—Trevor and I—can no more kill the Fallen Druid than the queen could We are Seelie Fae, and we have a Treaty with Man We must not kill humans—even when they turn into monsters, ” Royce said solemnly
“Must ye not? Well, that is all well and dandy,” said Chance, his handso out with a smile and his blue eyes alive with dark humor “But I … I am not a Fae, and I have no directive that forbids —anyone!”
~ Eight ~
“CHANCE,” TREVOR OBJECTED “You understand that Red and I can’t be a part of this He is here because we can’t break the Treaty …”
“Ye don’t overned by Fae rules?” Chance looked at him incredulously
“No … but you understand we cannot—”
“Yer queen wouldn’t have stuck him here with monsters that could kill him if she wanted him to stay alive,” Chance returned sharply
“No, but—” Trev tried to explain himself
“Speak for yourself in this, Trev,” Royce said, interrupting him “I can’t actually kill the Fallen Druid, for I won’t break the Treaty, but …” She smiled saucily “I sure as hell will have your back, Chancemont LeBlanc!”
Chance grinned broadly and pulled a lock of her hair “Aye, but whether the queen wants him dead or alive doesn’t really matter to me—I’m not a Fae, but a Milesian And I think he needs to die and we need to get out of …” Heconfirmation of where they were “This hell …”
And then right on cue, the Fallen Druid h he had been choosing the azed in his direction Just what did he have planned for them?
The Fallen Druid was once again in huh just barely) He was still a distance away, but they saw hile before he addressed them “You will die out here … and I will feed on your carcasses”
He turned and went into his fortress without opening the door He simply melded with the stone and vanished It felt and looked all wrong