“Thank you, Lizard,” Raza shot back smoothly.
“Nice one,” Killian leaned his glass over to Raza's, and they clicked their crystal together.
“What the hell is happening here?” I looked from one man to the other.
“What? I can be an adult,” Killian made a face that was the exact opposite of being mature.
“No, it's not that,” I narrowed my eyes. “You guys are... Are you getting along?”
“For the moment,” Raza gave me a pointed look.
“Way to ruin said moment,” Killian shook his head.
“Oh, I'm terribly sorry to interrupt your bromance,” I waved my hand. “Please proceed.”
“I wanted to speak to you about developing your magic,” Raza said to Killian.
“What?” Killian gaped at him. “I'm good, man. I know how to use my magic. Thanks anyways.”
“No, you know how to use youroldmagic,” Raza corrected. “You're a fairy now, which means that your magic has either been altered, replaced, or magnified. You need to discover which, and then you need to acquaint yourself with those changes.”
Killian and I both gaped at Raza.
“I see that this hasn't occurred to you,” Raza transferred his golden stare to me. “To either of you.”
“Uh, okay,” Killian cleared his throat. “I see your point, and I will try to do as you've suggested. Just one thing I'm not clear on.”
“What's that?” Raza asked.
“Why you would care,” Killian narrowed his eyes on Raza, going deadly serious.
I had to admit, it was a fair question. I looked to Raza too.
“Because you are with Seren when I can't be,” Raza sighed. “And you can get to her quicker than I can at times. So I need you to be as strong as possible for her. I can't have your magic fizzling out in the middle of an attack.”
“I don't fizzle, dude.”
“As you say,” Raza sipped his drink while continuing to stare steadily at Killian.
“Have you tried to access your magic lately?” I asked Killian. “I mean, besides twilighting.”
“I... uh, no,” Killian confessed. “There's been no need for it. I'll give it a shot tomorrow.”
“Somewhere remote,” Raza suggested. “Away from innocents.”
“Yeah, I'm not an idiot,” Killian huffed.
Raza gave Killian a look that clearly said he believed otherwise.
“I'm fine if you want to practice around Daiyu,” I said dryly.
Both men burst into laughter. Then their faces went serious, and they seemed to consider it.
Chapter Twenty-Eight
I made a lot of scries the next morning. My father being the first. I enlisted his aid in placing the rest of the scries. We had already put the Rath Lords (fairies who guarded raths on the HR end) on high alert for Moire. Now we warned them that it could be a full elven army trying to make their way through. The Fairy Council dispatched extra soldiers to the raths leading straight into Unseelie, and any which led nearby. The hunters posted in Iceland were tasked with spying on the elven enclave and were making hourly reports on any activity. I wasn't able to contact Soren, but he had spoken with the Icelandic hunters, and they were now working together. The Human Council was on the lookout for Moire as well, with every council house posting scouts in their area. Lastly, suvanis flowers had been gathered and were being sent to HR so that every extinguisher could be prepared. We were doing all we could to find Bress and stop Moire from returning to Fairy.
After I finished with my scries, I decided to give Danu another shot.
