Page 26 of Rose and Shadows
“You wish to join us? You know your parents are lobbying hard for seats on the Royal Fae Court? They wish to become the next Tenebris nightmare.”
“All the more reason for me to become a part of your resistance to that kind of insanity coming to pass and impacting our entire kind in an irreversible way.”
“Hmm… a whole lot of attitude, forthright, principled, dragging yourself back from the dark side of Fae nature… you certainly seem likeThrynematerial.”
Their interaction reached me.
I could hear it, even see it… but I wasn’t properly internalizing it.
The revelation about my parents was trumping everything. The way they were connected to all of this. How deep the rot went. Those Dark Fae who’d been there when Morien had nearly killed me… that had been at my parents’ behest.
And their hatred and revulsion toward me had extended into impacting the supernatural world as a whole—especially all hybrid kind.
“You don’t have a lock on them, do you?”
My words cut right through Graceyn and Kelsana’s conversation.
Kelsana started and looked on curiously at Graceyn.
“It’s why you agreed to this meeting so easily, despite the risks of reuniting with the likes of me when a whole lot of people are hunting me and hybrids all over the world right now.”
“Yes. We need your help to find them.”
“A blood link won’t do it,” I warned her. “My blood is corrupted by my Wraith side. You can’t run a Blood Trace or anything of the sort on me as a result.”
“Sorin.”
“What?”
“He’s the weak link here, Velra. He always has been. He’s just been bolstered by the likes of Victor Halrow andPuritasfor so long. But our intel points to Sorin now being isolated somewhere.”
“Somewhere?” I asked, forcing the edge out of my voice.
“No one knows. We’ve just heard thatPuritashas been sending out scouts searching for him.”
Phew.
“I’ll see to it.”
“What?” Graceyn uttered.
Kelsana laid her hand carefully on my shoulder. “After what he did to you, I don’t think—”
“I’ll see to him. I’ll get a lock on Lavra and Arvent.” I stepped back. “You’ll hear from me shortly.”
“Velra—” Graceyn started.
“Are you remaining outside the Realm for a while?”
“A few weeks we’ll be here, yes.”
“I’ll track you, then. Once I have the information you need.”
I turned to go, but Kelsana stepped into my path. “Whatever you’re planning to do, I’ll go with you.”
“No,” I said, smiling out at her. “You’ve found something here for yourself. Something important. Something that fits. Stay. Talk with Graceyn.”
“Velra, I can’t just—”
