“The Hunt,” Tiernan whispered.
“Precisely,” Raza nodded. “This is really their domain and at the very least, they should be notified. Then they can find the witches for us.”
“The Wild Hunt may end up killing innocents if we notify them of this,” I frowned.
“If you recall,” Tiernan said gently. “I mentioned how the Hunt has kept an eye on the raven mockers for years now because they knew how difficult they are for humans to catch.”
“But they never caught a mocker because it wasn't the raven mockers doing the deed,” I whispered in revelation. “They were watching the fairies when all along, it was humans.”
“But now, we know the truth,” Raza nodded. “And the truth makes this even more their business. No offense to the Human Council but I believe it's the duty of the fey to monitor humans. The Wild Hunt should be in charge here.”
Councilman Teagan cleared his throat and the twins shared concerned looks.
“You can't ask them to back down now,” I said reasonably to Raza. “But you're right, we have a responsibility to notify the Fairy Council,” I chewed my lip as I considered. “Or at least a member of the Wild Hunt.... a Lord, preferably.” I looked to Tiernan.
“I don't think I'd qualify,” Tiernan shook his head. “I still answer to the Council but my assignment is to watch over you.”
“I wasn't thinking of you,” I gave him a look.
“Oh,” he blinked. “You mean Eadan.”
“Of whom do we speak?” Raza lifted a brow.
“Lord Eadan Gale,” Tiernan clarified. “He's a Lord of the Wild Hunt assigned to the Twilight Council House.”
“Yes, I'm familiar with Lord Eadan,” Raza smiled. “I approve of the choice.”
“Of course you do,” I smirked. “He's an unseelie sidhe.”
“Hold on now,” Teagan lifted a hand. “We need to discuss this further.”
“I'm sorry that this seems high-handed of us, Councilman,” I apologized. “But notifying the fey is not up for discussion. It must be done and I think you know that. I'm just trying to find us someone fair to work with.”
“A fair fairy,” Alex whispered to his sister and she giggled.
“Alright,” Teagan sighed. “Contact your hunter. But we're going to continue to play a role in this.”
“I intend for you to,” I nodded. “But honestly, this may go above us.”
“I can be very tenacious, Ambassador,” Teagan declared and then looked to the anxious shaman. “I won't abandon you, Mr. Chepaney. We'll see this through together.”
“You know that Lord Eadan will have to report to the Fairy Council before he can take an assignment,” Raza said casually.
“Lord Raza,” I snapped.
“I'm just trying to be of service,” he shrugged.
“Please don't service anyone,” I said dryly but then felt my cheeks warm as everyone turned astonished eyes my way. “I mean, don't help us.”
Chapter Twenty-One
It was just as Raza had predicted. Eadan couldn't do anything without the express approval of the Fairy Council. That being said, his council was the one based in Twilight and as such, the council members were all twilight fey. They were open to hearing my opinion on the matter before they made a decision.
Unfortunately, all of this communication couldn't be done without either going into Fairy or using an enchanted crystal ball, and the only balls available to us were the ones in San Francisco; one at Gentry and one with the San Francisco Council House that had been gifted to them when I first became princess. So instead of making yet another flight to SF, we called my Uncle Dylan and asked him to relay the message to Eadan.
Dylan called back and told us that Lord Eadan was on his way to the Tulsa Council House and would be bringing with him a crystal ball so we could speak directly with the Twilight Council. That meant that the Tulsa Council had two days at the most to get as much done as possible before the fey most likely took over.
Meanwhile, the twins had reported back to the Human High Council and they were loath to give up control of the investigation. They knew that the fey had jurisdiction, as it were, but felt that in such a case as this, everyone should be included. So they instructed Teagan to do as much as he could before the Wild Hunt arrived and then to make sure that they were included in any meetings discussing possible transference of control.
