Page 54 (1/2)

“Knowing that Twalla is the solution to ical Thread,at him she knew he had not been convinced

~~

Frankie hugged her knees as she rocked back and forth on her butt She had shifted to Killarney Upper Lake in Ireland and sat high on the foothill overlooking the glistening water

No one was telling her anything, but she knew the situation was about to unravel

She elve years old and felt as though she had already lived a lifeti with a fake sword She was ready to help She was confident that she could help She was quickly learning on her own

She hadn’t reached the pinnacle of her powers She knew she wouldn’t attain them until her majority, but she was probablythe Royals She knew this wasand she was ready to test herself

She held back all the tiave in to the swirlingup inside of her, the human would be lost She didn’t want to lose her huo of that part of her life

Her life? She had been ripped out of her century, and thrown into Faery She sighed and thought of Nuad

Nuad had been training her to fight Sy her to adapt to the present human world and to the Seelie world She believed she had assiht her…and more

Still, no one took her seriously

No one except Jazz treated her like a thinking person She should tell Jazz as happening and as happening to her body ically, but Jazz was presently closeted in the War Room

There was a slightly different breeze with the scent of pine and heather as she turned around In spite of the fact that the Dark Ones were their sworn enemies, she smiled and said softly, “Graely”

“Frankie,” he said and she saw him actually really smile for the first time since she had encountered him

He dropped down beside her and sighed heavily, “Frankie, I know the Sluagh is your father”

“Y—es?”