I drew a door on the blackboard with lines connecting it to St. Liesl and Corbann. “Ireland has seven known faerie kingdoms. Wendell’s is located in the southwest of the country, where lies the mortal village of Corbann and those sightings of tree fauns. Now, Wendell’s stepmother has all the doors to his realm closely guarded to keep him out, either by magic or other means—but this?” I circled St. Liesl. “A back door used by the common fae? Perhaps built by the fauns for their own particular use? She likely has no idea it exists.”

