Chapter Fifty-Five
We languished in Raza's crystal cavern for two days, then flew back to Craos-Teine. A short honeymoon, but at least we'd had one, and it had been intense. I had indeed given Raza some peace, over and over, until he passed out, he was so damn peaceful. Hopefully, he'd hold onto that feeling for awhile because it was threatened the moment we landed outside of the mountain castle.
Cat came running out to meet us, barking like a common dog.
“Whoa,” I held up a hand. “Easy now. What is it?”
“The elves,” Killian said as he came down the main steps.
“Again?” I gaped at him.
“No, they haven't done anything new,” Killian sighed, “but what they've already done is enough apparently.”
“Explain,” Raza growled.
“Our human guests were called back to HR suddenly,” Tiernan joined us. “When Killian scried his caster contacts, they told him that a council meeting had been called.”
“A council meeting?” I asked.
“To determine whether the elves should be brought to trial,” Killian grimaced.
“Trial?” I blinked, then it became clear. “They committed crimes in HR.”
“Resulting in the death of humans, and the wounding of several fairies,” Tiernan nodded. “They can be extinguished for this, Seren.”
“Which 'they'?” I asked. “There's no way to determine which particular elf fired the killing shots.”
“I know,” Tiernan said grimly.
“So they're considering exterminating an entire fairy race?” Raza asked with horror.
“It's not likely,” Tiernan said, “but it is a possibility.”
“Well, that's not going to happen,” I growled.
“We need to get to that meeting asap, Twilight,” Killian said. “They're our people now, and we're responsible for them.”
“You're not Prince yet, Blair,” Tiernan said.
“No, but I am a twilight fairy,” Killian snapped, “and that makes the elves my people.”
“Enough!” I held up a hand. “We need to stop fighting amongst ourselves. The whole point of us is that we're a team now. We four represent all of Fairy.”
“Yeah, alright,” Killian agreed. “But can we talk about this after we save the elves?”
“Absolutely,” I agreed. “How much time do we have until twilight?” I looked toward the rosy sky.
“A few hours,” Killian said.
“No,” Raza interrupted. “I'm not letting you go without me this time.”
“Or me,” Tiernan added.
“And how else do you propose I get to this meeting quickly?” I asked Raza.
“It's at the High Human Council House, I presume?” Raza looked to Tiernan. Tiernan nodded. “Then we go through Anu's rath.”
“On Danu's Sacred Isle?” I asked. “That's over a day... oh. You have a connecting rath nearby, don't you?”
