“Thank you, Ambassador,” Team Leader Teagan said as he shook my hand. “It's an honor.”
The man was as Irish as they come—red hair, fair skin, freckles, and green eyes. The whole nine yards as far as Irish genetics is concerned. He also had a vicious scar down the rightside of his face which was how I recognized him so quickly. He'd gotten that scar fighting a Nuckelavee—a hideous fairy (sorry, but it's true) that looks like a one-eyed horse with a man's faceless (but not headless) torso attached to its back. I don't know what Danu was thinking when she made them. And I didn't have to. She had opened my eyes the night before and made me realize that I wasn't smart enough to understand her reasons for things. I'd have to be a goddess for that. Maybe I'd gotten too cocky with all my new power. I expected too much of the Gods and myself. I had to trust them and be humble.
Before we left Fairy, I told my husbands about my talk with Danu, and I'd have to share what I learned with the team, but first I had to fan-girl just a little with Extinguisher Connor Teagan. “Is it true you can astral project and bilocate?”
“Yes.” He grinned. “The bilocation is associated with the astral projection. I only send a part of myself out of my body instead of my entire consciousness. In that way, I can be fighting in my body and watching the whole room as I float above it.”
“No shit?” Killian asked.
“No shit,” Connor said. “It took years to master. It's like rubbing your belly and patting your head at the same time—to the power of ten.”
“Amazing,” I murmured.
“Says the woman who incinerated an entire military base,” Connor shot back.
“Not the whole base. Just a ship.”
He snorted. “Well, then, that's not as impressive.”
I burst out laughing.
Sever cleared his throat.
I lifted a brow at him, then smoothly introduced him and Kill to Connor. “Extinguisher Connor Teagan, these are my husbands—Ambassador Killian Blair and Prince Severriel of Twilight.”
Connor didn't even blink at me having more than one husband, he just shook hands with each man. “Nice to meet you both.”
“So, they sent us the big guns,” I said.
“Um, excuse me,” Alex huffed. “My sister and I are the big guns.”
“I did say plural. And he's a big gun too, Alex.”
“If you're so . . . big, where were you during the battle for the Spear?” Star drawled.
“I was out there with the rest of the Extinguishers, trying to keep the peace,” Connor said with a hard look at Star. “You know, doing my job.”
“And this is King Astaroth of Hell,” I said, a shiver going through me as I remembered what Danu had said about Star. That part, I hadn't shared with my husbands. I was just racking up the Star secrets.
Connor grunted. “Yes, we've met.”
Star scowled.
“So, we've been discussing things with the hunters,” Connor said. “We think it would be best to split up into mixed teams. That way, each team will have soldiers with psychic abilities and magic. We'll be strongest that way.”
“I'm thrilled that you're willing to work together,” I said.
“Of course. We have never been enemies.”
I lifted my brows at that. It was true. Mostly. The Extinguishers and the Wild Hunt were created after the truce was in place. Previously, those same warriors had been mortal enemies. Some of that animosity trickled down through the generations. Or, in the case of the Fey, just stayed with them. The Extinguishers policed the Fey, and the Wild Hunt policed humans as per the laws laid out in the truce. Sure, they got their warrants from opposite councils, but other than that, they kept to themselves. Growing up, I hadn't even been allowed to date a human who wasn't an extinguisher, much less, God forbid, a fairy. The two factions hadn't truly worked together until I became the Twilight Princess and even then, things had been strained.
The really surprising part of Connor's statement was that he looked and sounded genuine. And that made me like him even more. It was nice to know that one of our most powerful soldiers had always been neutral. As all of them should be.
“Good to hear,” I finally said. “Before we get on with it, I thought I'd share what I learned from Danu last night.”
“You spoke with the Goddess?” Hunter Mi-cha asked with a soft smile.
“Yes. She was kind enough to answer my call,” I said.
