“Roswell,” Teagan cleared his throat again. “It disappeared right over Roswell, New Mexico.”
“Shut up,” I gave a disbelieving chuckle and reached for the laptop. He pushed it over to me and I stared at the screen in disbelief. “Well, I'll be damned. It looks like aliens stole our plane.”
“Aliens?” Raza frowned at me.
“Roswell is home to the site of a famous UFO crash and has been the location of numerous UFO sightings over the years,” I explained. “It's like a Mecca for alien enthusiasts.”
“What is an alien enthusiast?” Raza asked like he wasn't sure if he wanted to know.
“Someone who not only believes in the existence of extra-terrestrials but who is obsessed by them,” I shrugged.
“Do you believe in extra-terrestrials?” Raza lifted a brow at me.
“Well yeah, obviously,” I huffed and he gaped at me. I lifted an eyebrow and smiled wide. “I'm looking at one.”
“Extra-terrestrial... something from another land,” he nodded. “Yes, I guess that's what we are.”
“But UFO sightings are not fey,” Teagan protested. “We're speaking of other entities entirely.”
“And do you think there are other entities?” I asked him. “I mean, what do you think of UFOs?”
“Honestly,” he shrugged. “I'm not sure. As you said yourself, fairies are aliens so how could they be the only ones?”
“I don't think it's a question of whether we're the only ones or not,” Tiernan mused. “More of a question of why these other aliens would travel so far to come to Earth and how would they accomplish this feat? We have raths to make travel easy for us. Our planets have been connected from the beginning but other aliens would have to travel through galaxies to reach Earth.”
“That's why they need spaceships, duh,” I grinned at him and laughed when he rolled his eyes.
“Perhaps a little less levity when we're trying to find my son, Princess Seren?” Raza set a stoic stare on me.
“I'm sorry,” I sobered. “You're right. So lets get back to the fact that the plane went missing right over this area where UFOs have been seen frequently.”
“Back to the aliens?” Aidan asked with a lifted brow.
“I'm not saying aliens are involved,” I shook my head. “But I think the location and what it's known for could be relevant.”
“I agree,” Teagan nodded.
“Perhaps,” Elder Wasutke muttered. “Or perhaps it's just a way of leading us off course. Or of telling us, in a round about manner, who they are... aliens from Fairy.”
I shot her a glance, wondering if she intended on making the investigation difficult for us, but she didn't say any more. She just sat and watched me with her beady black eyes. Okay, maybe that was a little unfair. Her eyes were creepy, not beady.
“Do any of you know of a witch who could make an entire plane invisible?” I asked the witches.
“You aren't supposed to be investigating witches,” Wasutke pointed at me accusingly. “So never mind what we can or cannot do.”
“I understand but we're collaborating because we're not sure who is behind this,” I said reasonably. “If we can rule out that a witch could do something like this, then I can move on.”
“The Coven will rule it out,” she crossed her arms.
“No witch that I know of can do such a thing,” one of the Beckoning witches stated.
Her name was Sarah Jacobson and she was a tiny thing; very pretty, catching the eye of several of my Guard already. Though once they found out what she could do and whom her ancestors most likely were, she became less attractive to them. Still, she had a calm and intelligent face, with sober sepia eyes and round cheeks like pearly peaches. She was quiet until she had something important to say and she listened to everything people around her said. I liked her immediately.
Wasutke shot Sarah an annoyed glance but didn't say anything. In fact, when Sarah stared back, Wasutke lowered her gaze. That widened my eyes. So a common member of Beckoning was more powerful than a Prime Elder of Flight? Interesting.
“Thank you, Sarah,” I smiled at her. “Now, a question for all the fey in the room; could a fairy do it?”
“It's a type of glamour,” Conri shrugged. “I would imagine that it's possible but you'd have to be very powerful and I'm not sure it would erase the plane from the sight of human machines.”
