Grave Secret
“Even without his warning, I was smart enough to know any uncertainty about my future well-being wasn’t something to take lightly. So when the king used those words, I decided it was time to play it cool.
“Your Maj—”
“Call me Aubrey, please.” He smiled in a cool way that I was sure made the fae ladies get wet in their gossamer undies, but it only gave me a worried shiver. “Aubrey Delacourte.” The expectant stare following his introduction told me he was waiting for a name from me, although I kne...w he had to be perfectly aware of who I was since he’d said as much earlier.
“I’m Secret McQueen.”
“I know.”
Of course he did.
“I’ve come because someone who…belongs to me has been brought here against her will.”
“Oh?”
Fairies were notorious for kidnapping. Babies sometimes, changelings. But their real bread-and-butter was women. I’d seen true fairy women before, and it had astonished me that the men of the realm felt any need to look outside their own species until Calliope explained the reasoning to me.MoreLess
“Your Maj—”
“Call me Aubrey, please.” He smiled in a cool way that I was sure made the fae ladies get wet in their gossamer undies, but it only gave me a worried shiver. “Aubrey Delacourte.” The expectant stare following his introduction told me he was waiting for a name from me, although I kne...w he had to be perfectly aware of who I was since he’d said as much earlier.
“I’m Secret McQueen.”
“I know.”
Of course he did.
“I’ve come because someone who…belongs to me has been brought here against her will.”
“Oh?”
Fairies were notorious for kidnapping. Babies sometimes, changelings. But their real bread-and-butter was women. I’d seen true fairy women before, and it had astonished me that the men of the realm felt any need to look outside their own species until Calliope explained the reasoning to me.MoreLess
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