“If she stays, we stay,” Dageus said flatly. “We guard her here or we guard her there. But we guard her.” “And if they stay, I stay, too.” V’lane’s voice dripped ice. “No human will protect my queen so long as I exist.” “Simple solution to that, fairy. I make you stop existing.” “The Seelie are not our enemy. You touch him, you take us all on.” “You think I couldn’t, Highlander?” For a moment the tension in the room was unbearable, and in my mind’s eye I saw us all going for one another’s throats. Barrons was the only one of us that couldn’t be killed. I needed the Scotsmen to perform the
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