“When a human bonds with the Seelie, do they die?” The goblin glares at me. “No.” “And when a human bonds with Unseelie fae?” The goblin looks to Mordeus again, but I don’t need him to answer. Now I understand the truth. That is the pure evil of the curse. To prevent Oberon from bonding with his human love, the queen cursed the Unseelie so that bonding with a human would kill the human.