answered.
Smiling, Uncle Rolf shook his head.
“That’s some day human you got there.”
CHAPTER 4
Devin waited in the glen for his visitors to arrive. Luck was on his side in that they were already near enough to only take a couple of hours flying to get to him. If they hadn’t been at the retreat at the lake they would have had to fly all the way across the United States, which was considerably longer than the two hours total it took for them to catch a plane, land, and drive out into the national forest where the sidhe lived. It would have been quicker to pull them through the trees, but he wasn’t about to try that yet with normal humans. Night humans were much easier to heal than day humans, and pulling a non-sidhe through the trees was bound to hurt them somehow. He was unsure if he could actually heal a day human without making them a sidhe anyway.
Lindsey sat hidden not too far away from Devin. The old sidhe was one with nature, but Devin’s new insights made it obvious where the old one was. Lindsey didn’t pay attention to him but watched the trees. Devin looked in the direction he was staring. The older sidhe was connected to nature more than any of the others. The life inside him reacted with every touch to the plants around him. Lindsey turned his head slightly. The signals from his body fed into the earth and the plants around him and then came back. It was amazing to see. Devin could feel it now, too. Lindsey was ancient, even in the terms of night humans who could live several day human lifetimes. If Devin had to guess, it was even possible Lindsey was an original sidhe.
“They should be here in less than a minute,” Lindsey told Devin without looking at him.
Devin nodded.
“The day human witches don’t belong here. Be careful of them and what they teach. Sidhe should only know one kind of magic. When you start to mix them, there will be problems.”
Devin nodded again to Lindsey’s advice. There was much he still didn’t know about the sidhe, and the giant old sidhe before him was a great source of knowledge.
“They can mix?” Devin asked to be sure. “I was under the impression only those born of the witch bloodline could do their magic.”
Lindsey turned his huge green eyes to Devin briefly before looking back to where the witches would come from.
“If accepted by the witches, anyone can learn witch magic, day or night human. They don’t discriminate,” Lindsey replied. He sat as still as the large trees next to him.
That changed everything. Devin gazed into the forest for his guests. He could feel them walking, but had yet to see them. If Lindsey was correct, Devin might not be looking for a witch in the sidhe village after all. He could have a sidhe that was trained by witches. Was that even possible?
Lindsey seemed to be following Devin’s realization and nodded to him. “While the sidhe keep their villages isolated, they do leave them. Most sidhe, beyond the princess, are raised to leave every now and then. No one speaks of where they go, and everyone keeps it a secret. They like to pretend they don’t need the outside world, and that it’s better in the village, but the elite males have all traveled outside at some point in their lives.”
That made even less sense. “The witches are all females.” Or at least Devin thought they were.
“Not all,” Lindsey answered before sitting down and blending into his surroundings. “Like I said, they accept everyone.”
Devin glanced up at the two approaching women. This was getting a bit more complicated. He hated to draw more people into the mess, but he was sure he was going to need to. He couldn’t fight a magic he knew little about with his own magic that he knew just as little about. Keaton might have thought power was the answer, just like the sidhe, but knowledge could be just as powerful, too.
The older of the two women smiled at him as soon as she saw him. Her dark hair was plaited into one long braid that
Smiling, Uncle Rolf shook his head.
“That’s some day human you got there.”
CHAPTER 4
Devin waited in the glen for his visitors to arrive. Luck was on his side in that they were already near enough to only take a couple of hours flying to get to him. If they hadn’t been at the retreat at the lake they would have had to fly all the way across the United States, which was considerably longer than the two hours total it took for them to catch a plane, land, and drive out into the national forest where the sidhe lived. It would have been quicker to pull them through the trees, but he wasn’t about to try that yet with normal humans. Night humans were much easier to heal than day humans, and pulling a non-sidhe through the trees was bound to hurt them somehow. He was unsure if he could actually heal a day human without making them a sidhe anyway.
Lindsey sat hidden not too far away from Devin. The old sidhe was one with nature, but Devin’s new insights made it obvious where the old one was. Lindsey didn’t pay attention to him but watched the trees. Devin looked in the direction he was staring. The older sidhe was connected to nature more than any of the others. The life inside him reacted with every touch to the plants around him. Lindsey turned his head slightly. The signals from his body fed into the earth and the plants around him and then came back. It was amazing to see. Devin could feel it now, too. Lindsey was ancient, even in the terms of night humans who could live several day human lifetimes. If Devin had to guess, it was even possible Lindsey was an original sidhe.
“They should be here in less than a minute,” Lindsey told Devin without looking at him.
Devin nodded.
“The day human witches don’t belong here. Be careful of them and what they teach. Sidhe should only know one kind of magic. When you start to mix them, there will be problems.”
Devin nodded again to Lindsey’s advice. There was much he still didn’t know about the sidhe, and the giant old sidhe before him was a great source of knowledge.
“They can mix?” Devin asked to be sure. “I was under the impression only those born of the witch bloodline could do their magic.”
Lindsey turned his huge green eyes to Devin briefly before looking back to where the witches would come from.
“If accepted by the witches, anyone can learn witch magic, day or night human. They don’t discriminate,” Lindsey replied. He sat as still as the large trees next to him.
That changed everything. Devin gazed into the forest for his guests. He could feel them walking, but had yet to see them. If Lindsey was correct, Devin might not be looking for a witch in the sidhe village after all. He could have a sidhe that was trained by witches. Was that even possible?
Lindsey seemed to be following Devin’s realization and nodded to him. “While the sidhe keep their villages isolated, they do leave them. Most sidhe, beyond the princess, are raised to leave every now and then. No one speaks of where they go, and everyone keeps it a secret. They like to pretend they don’t need the outside world, and that it’s better in the village, but the elite males have all traveled outside at some point in their lives.”
That made even less sense. “The witches are all females.” Or at least Devin thought they were.
“Not all,” Lindsey answered before sitting down and blending into his surroundings. “Like I said, they accept everyone.”
Devin glanced up at the two approaching women. This was getting a bit more complicated. He hated to draw more people into the mess, but he was sure he was going to need to. He couldn’t fight a magic he knew little about with his own magic that he knew just as little about. Keaton might have thought power was the answer, just like the sidhe, but knowledge could be just as powerful, too.
The older of the two women smiled at him as soon as she saw him. Her dark hair was plaited into one long braid that
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