The guards responded quickly, swinging the door open. Kane stormed out.
“Kane,wait!”
I chased him down the hall. “Will you give me a chance to explain?”
“You're a liar. A manipulative liar. I don’t know why I thought you would be different. You humans are all the same.”
He wasn’t yelling, but the quiet fury in his voice was worse. Shadows leaked from his trembling fists.
We were headed down toward his own chambers.
“Don't follow me unless you want me to bite your head off.”
Ignoring his request, I followed, thankful the guards kept their distance. When he got to his room and opened his door, I ran in before he could slam it shut.
“Listen to me,” I said. “Just for a moment.”
“I have nothing to say to you.”
Anna and Ella fluttered by.
“Not now,” Kane snapped, but they didn’t leave.
I realized they weren't the only ones hovering nearby. Gideon slinked down the corridor, an odd look in his gaze.
If I didn't turn this around, everything Kane and I had established would be lost.
“What are you two arguing about?” Anna said, holding a baby pixie in her arms.
“She stole my journal.”
The brown-haired pixie flinched.
The gesture was quick, but Kane noticed it. “Ella, what did you do?”
“Well…” She twiddled her fingers against each other. “I thought it would help.”
“What?” He reached over and snatched her out of the air. She squeaked.
“You stole my journal and gave it to her. Ella, you know—”
“I know,” she said, cutting him off. “I'm sorry. But it helped, didn't it?”
The two of them looked at me for an answer. “I think so.”
Kane glared, but I didn't stop. “I didn't know a lot about your past. Humans weren't allowed here and all the stories we heard were exaggerated. After I read some entries, I realized we weren’t so different. We were both abandoned by our family.”
“Ella,” Kane said, keeping his gaze on me. “Is there anything else you would like to share? Any other pixie meddling that may have occurred.”
“Oh, yes, well, I, umm, may have kidnapped Olivia.”
Kane groaned and released her.
“Ella!” Anna snapped. “Never harm a fellow pixie! That is our law! And she is our sister!”
“She was going to tell the priests about what happened on the wedding night,” Ella hissed, revealing those sharp teeth of hers.
“Where is our sister?” Anna fluttered by Ella and poked her in the chest, which caused Ella to hiss again.
