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“I arounds or I shall remove you and you won’t like where I send you,” she said softly but with purpose

“You will hear ed”

She sighed heavily, saddened by what she would have to do next “Is that what you have reduced yourself to a creature that hides in the brush and proeance?” The Queen said in a lofty voice, but suddenly she felt a vibration froht secured elsewhere Sootten his hands on it—the Royal Scepter She had to wonder if he kne to use it

He threw his cloak over one shoulder and held the Scepter out and in her face, his own marked by a sneer

Aaibhe laughed softly and said, “Do you think you can hurt me with that? It was created to protect the Queen”

He sneered “It did not protect Queen Bridget”

Aaibhe had enough She took a ! How dare you even say her name! Our slain Queen would not raise her sword or her Scepter against her consort even in battle It was late for hiet thee to your hovel and think about what you owe your brethren!”

“I owe them all I owe them a world without ithout you We don’t need to protect the humans from the Dark Fae Let the abo to us”

“Stupid fool!” the Queen shook her head, but before she could put out her hand and call the Scepter to herself, he raised it high and slammed it into the earth

And Aaibhe was gone

Banzar stood, very pleased with himself He hadn’t been sure it would work Now all he had to do was eliminate Ete Ete was next in line for the throne Ete had the power to find and free the Queen Thus, Ete was a threat that stood between hioal

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Jazz hugged Frankie and Ete reached out her hand to the child “Thank you, dear for sitting with me while Breslyn and Danté are busy elsewhere I dearly need the company”

Frankie had already forentle princess and i well?”

“I aave me an old Fae re and effective”