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Netherby Halls Claudy Conn 20370K 2023-08-28

Two days had passed since they had lost Lana to Pestale’s death weapon Two days since they fought beside the Seelie Fae to bring down Gaiscioch and the Dark monsters Two days, and Pestale remained alive

Chance’s thoughts were violent as he spoke to Pestale as though he were there “There is nowhere ye can outrun me I will track ye to the ends of the earth, and beyond if necessary I have shouted it to the heavens, I am Chancemont LeBlanc, and I shall have yer filthy Dark Fae blood!”

Young Seelie Prince Trevor had joined him in this mission, and they would soon make tracks He couldn’t deny the Seelie Fae his place with him, because of Lana’s memory How he had objected to her little romance with the Fae prince, in no ser brother of Prince Dante Chance and Dante had fought on opposite sides of the war thousands of years ago, and though Fae and Milesians were no longer eneainst the Dark Fae, Chance held no love for his for for a h, Dante’s brother no less! Noished she ith hiain Och, but he could hear her laugh …

He berated himself If only he had kept Lana on Dravo … in chains—it would have taken chains to keep her fro to listen He should have foreseen this; he should have spelled her home

The ith Gaiscioch was over The Hu Dark Princes had been returned to the Dark Realm, where they would forever reu

Gaiscioch was dead—his evil but a recent memory—but Pestale had escaped and was somewhere in the human realm

It rode him hard and drew blood that Pestale was free! Chanceht, and took him to a place where all he kneas his need for justice

So then, Chance had become a hunter

He would capture the evil prince, and he would make his demands before he put hi for death until he said Lana’s name

And so it began

~ One ~

Princess Royce of the House of Nih

“ROYCE!”

“Trevor!” She turned and tried s in spite of what she knew she was about to face on the other side of the door she had her hand raised to Trevor was one of her closest friends “What are you doing?”

“Long story—but I guess you know about … about Lana,” he said grimly