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“Did he seriously find the cat?” Aristide asked. “I’m really hoping not, or he’s going to be unbearably smug for weeks.” “I found her,” Noctus said as we drew closer. “She was running here, absolutely terrified. She was trying to find me.” “Do we need to be concerned about how smart he thinks his cat is?” Aristide asked. “It’s a forgone conclusion Ama is not a normal housecat,” Charon said. “Even if we don’t know exactly what she is, she is obviously more intelligent.” Aristide leaned back and sighed into the night sky. “That’s right, I forgot, you’re an enabler.” Once we reached the group Ker
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Her lower lip quivered. “And a few made donuts—to keep up our storefront cover.” The best donuts! I still can’t believe my favorite donut shop was just a cover. Noctus, find their recipe book!
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“Right, then,” Aristide said. “Who next? I vote for one of the wizards. Their kind usually screech a lot, but they’re much faster to spill what they know.” Shocked by the deviousness of the entire operation, I hung from Noctus’s shirt. They’re going to do this again!?
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but it wouldn’t matter, because no one would have the same story—including the wizards, since Charon had knocked the second wizard out in the kitchen and he never saw any of the fight. The Curia Cloisters task force would likely be able to tell it was a fae confusion charm, but that was the beauty of using a fae confusion charm—it wouldn’t get traced back to Noctus or the others. (Not that I imagined the task force would overly exert itself to find whoever had taken down the illegal store…) They think in layers. It’s how they’ve avoided getting found this long, with so many heads—and varying
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“Sir.” A naiad tried to bow at Noctus. I couldn’t tell if it did anything, from this angle Noctus was a silhouette with the porch light behind him. “We have been sent by the Unseelie Queen of Magiford. She is done bargaining with you to join her Court.” Noctus was motionless. “Oh?” The naiad gulped and spoke to the lawn, but she kept on going. “If you do not join her as a warrior under her services, there will be consequences.” Consequences? No! This is a stupid attempt at bargaining—you aren’t just barking up the wrong tree, you’re in the wrong forest! I hissed and twisted in the faun’s
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Idiocy
As the smoke dissipated, Noctus pointed his sword at the Unseelie fae. In that moment I understood why no one had stood up to the elves for so long. He crackled with so much power my whiskers were numb, and the edges of his glass sword glowed with unrestricted magic. He was the pinnacle of supernatural society, and even though I swore I could feel the whispers of death come from him, there was something so painfully beautiful it was hard to breathe. The fae with the ax took a few steps toward Noctus, raising the weapon over his head.
Dude really? You aren't paid enough for that step, or I guess your Queen would kill you if you fail maybe? He'd be a faster death?
