Lady of Starfire (Lady of Darkness, #5)

by Melissa K. Roehrich

“Achaz created them. Their sole purpose, according to her, is to hunt the bloodline of Arius, and any beings created by him or Serafina.

“The rings that let the Fae access their gifts inside the mortal wards?” Cassius asked. “There are only two Semiria rings,” Cyrus said. “Eliné and Henna each had one. Alaric never had one.” “But at one time there were three Fae Queens,” Nuri said. “Surely you’ve realized by now the third was a jealous thing and felt slighted for being given the mortal territories to rule over, while her sisters got the powerful Fae Courts.” “The rings were nothing special when they first came here,” Mordecai said, hand coming up to still Nuri’s fingers. She scowled at him. “They were simple family crest rings, but they were created into something more when they were used to hide a portal key.”

She used an enchantment to split the key into three pieces, hiding them within the rings. Divided, the power of the stone is diminished, but he was able to use the ring to turn any mirror into a mirror gate to communicate with Achaz.” “And if the three rings were reunited, say by a powerful Sorceress…” Cyrus gritted out, piecing together exactly why Gehenna wanted her spell book and this ring so badly. “The portal key could be restored with the right enchantment.