vengeance as well.”
“ The House of Air shall accompany you too,” a man with large monarch butterfly wings strode forward and smiled. “Just because we'd hate to be left behind and miss all the fun.”
“ Well, great,” I laughed and looked around at my god friends. “Any of you up for a walk through Faerie?”
“ You know we're with you,” Fenrir smiled like he could already feel Dubheasa's flesh between his teeth.
“ And all of us,” Pan shrugged and looked over to Horus. “Right?”
“ Do you not recall what I said when the Oathbreaker asked if we would stand with him?” Horus looked down his beak, er, nose at Pan.
“ I don't really pay attention to what you say,” Pan winked at me.
“ You memorize every word,” Horus looked Pan up and down, “so you can look them up in a dictionary later.”
“ Hey,” Pan floundered for a comeback.
“ But I'll repeat myself,” Horus stepped forward and looked me in the eye. “I have never run from a fight in all of my life and I have no intention of starting now.”
“ We are with you always, Tima,” Fallon nodded to the other lions who were already shifting forms while the fey around them stared in fascination.
“ Well then,” I looked at my men. “Let's go fishing.”
Chapter Seven
“ Oh fuck,” I breathed as I looked up at the towering cliffs bordering the Road of Neutrality that encircled the Forgetful Forest and linked the four kingdoms.
“ What's the problem?” Arach looked from the waterfall tumbling over the cliff and thundering into a lake before us, and then back to me.
“ Vervain doesn't like water or heights,” Odin frowned up at the castle looming above us like a smirking siren. It perched on the edge of the cliff with the waterfall pouring straight through its main gate and around the sides, an overflow of the ocean behind it. “How do we get up there?”
“ There's a path,” Arach nodded to a ledge that climbed up the side of the cliff. “I'm not surprised by the aversion to water, a lot of us fire fey don't like it, but heights? I thought you wanted to fly?”
“ She loves to fly,” Azrael smiled at me, “under the right conditions.”
“ I know,” Arach looked the angel over speculatively. “I've taken her flying.”
“ In what form?” Az lifted a brow suggestively and smoke began to curl out of Arach's left nostril.
“ Stop it,” I growled, cutting them both off. “Remember what we're here for. That bitch took my father's ring and tried to take my life. Are you guys really going to stand here griping over who got to fuck me mid-flight?”
“ You had sex vith angel in air?” Kirill looked impressed and sent Az a raised brow.
“ It was fantastic,” Azrael grinned, “ every time.”
“ You wanna give him a fist pound too, Kirill?” I narrowed my eyes on my lion. “When did you turn into a frat boy?”
“ Sorry, Tima,” Kirill looked chastised but I caught him giving Azrael a thumb's up. Boys.
“ Are your people ready to make the ascent?” King Cian was decked out in some shining battle armor. With his white hair and golden skin, it made him really hard to look at him.
“ We're ready, right?” I looked at the men hard and they all nodded. “Yes, how would you like to do this, High King?”
“ The entrance to the Water Kingdom is through Castle Deuraich,” he pointed to the waterfall wonder. “I doubt that Dubheasa will make it easy for us by waiting in the castle. She's probably gone deep into the kingdom, which means we'll have to go through the castle and down into the tunnels of glass. From there we can search the Water Kingdom. King Fionn of the House of Air has fashioned amulets which will create an aura of fresh air around the wearer and will allow us to go deeper into the ocean if we need to.”
“ Into the ocean?” I swallowed hard past the lump of fear in my throat.
“ Hopefully, we will find her in the Under city and not have to go
“ The House of Air shall accompany you too,” a man with large monarch butterfly wings strode forward and smiled. “Just because we'd hate to be left behind and miss all the fun.”
“ Well, great,” I laughed and looked around at my god friends. “Any of you up for a walk through Faerie?”
“ You know we're with you,” Fenrir smiled like he could already feel Dubheasa's flesh between his teeth.
“ And all of us,” Pan shrugged and looked over to Horus. “Right?”
“ Do you not recall what I said when the Oathbreaker asked if we would stand with him?” Horus looked down his beak, er, nose at Pan.
“ I don't really pay attention to what you say,” Pan winked at me.
“ You memorize every word,” Horus looked Pan up and down, “so you can look them up in a dictionary later.”
“ Hey,” Pan floundered for a comeback.
“ But I'll repeat myself,” Horus stepped forward and looked me in the eye. “I have never run from a fight in all of my life and I have no intention of starting now.”
“ We are with you always, Tima,” Fallon nodded to the other lions who were already shifting forms while the fey around them stared in fascination.
“ Well then,” I looked at my men. “Let's go fishing.”
Chapter Seven
“ Oh fuck,” I breathed as I looked up at the towering cliffs bordering the Road of Neutrality that encircled the Forgetful Forest and linked the four kingdoms.
“ What's the problem?” Arach looked from the waterfall tumbling over the cliff and thundering into a lake before us, and then back to me.
“ Vervain doesn't like water or heights,” Odin frowned up at the castle looming above us like a smirking siren. It perched on the edge of the cliff with the waterfall pouring straight through its main gate and around the sides, an overflow of the ocean behind it. “How do we get up there?”
“ There's a path,” Arach nodded to a ledge that climbed up the side of the cliff. “I'm not surprised by the aversion to water, a lot of us fire fey don't like it, but heights? I thought you wanted to fly?”
“ She loves to fly,” Azrael smiled at me, “under the right conditions.”
“ I know,” Arach looked the angel over speculatively. “I've taken her flying.”
“ In what form?” Az lifted a brow suggestively and smoke began to curl out of Arach's left nostril.
“ Stop it,” I growled, cutting them both off. “Remember what we're here for. That bitch took my father's ring and tried to take my life. Are you guys really going to stand here griping over who got to fuck me mid-flight?”
“ You had sex vith angel in air?” Kirill looked impressed and sent Az a raised brow.
“ It was fantastic,” Azrael grinned, “ every time.”
“ You wanna give him a fist pound too, Kirill?” I narrowed my eyes on my lion. “When did you turn into a frat boy?”
“ Sorry, Tima,” Kirill looked chastised but I caught him giving Azrael a thumb's up. Boys.
“ Are your people ready to make the ascent?” King Cian was decked out in some shining battle armor. With his white hair and golden skin, it made him really hard to look at him.
“ We're ready, right?” I looked at the men hard and they all nodded. “Yes, how would you like to do this, High King?”
“ The entrance to the Water Kingdom is through Castle Deuraich,” he pointed to the waterfall wonder. “I doubt that Dubheasa will make it easy for us by waiting in the castle. She's probably gone deep into the kingdom, which means we'll have to go through the castle and down into the tunnels of glass. From there we can search the Water Kingdom. King Fionn of the House of Air has fashioned amulets which will create an aura of fresh air around the wearer and will allow us to go deeper into the ocean if we need to.”
“ Into the ocean?” I swallowed hard past the lump of fear in my throat.
“ Hopefully, we will find her in the Under city and not have to go
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