“I didn’t think halflings could find a mate.” “I’ve only heard of two.” She paused before saying, “It makes so much sense now. Atakan searched high and low for you for days, believing you’d somehow fled. He didn’t stop until we learned the Unseelie king had you, then…” Her voice quietened. “He just disappeared.” I shouldn’t have cared enough to ask, but I did. “For how long?” Pholly shrugged. “He’d return every few days and leave almost instantly. It didn’t cease until he brought you back.”
