Sage filled everyone in on what they were and what Saffron told her. Khalid looked right at me.
“Maybe you’re Pan?”
“That would be epic, but Pan was Greek and I’m Irish. Headmaster Mykene said where you’re from is important.”
“Sorry, I haven’t studied Irish history or gods much. I was hoping to do that at Oxford.”
“Yeah, well, my Da is a criminal and a murderer, but he’s at mass every chance he gets. He’d beat my arse if I was thinking of going protestant, much less pagan,” I groused.
“You can talk to forest animals and we heal quickly. That’s without our full magic. I’m pretty sure it would be no contest if he tried to hurt you now,” Lucian said.
I looked at Lucian for a minute.
“I don’t actually want to beat your face in right now.”
“I have a theory,” Khalid said.
“You’re the smart one, so go ahead,” Sage said.
“The fairies moved too fast for me to see. What didyousee, Lucian?”
“What are you talking about? He just walked up to me.”
“No, the fairies have super speed and Saffron was able to pick me up and carry me, so they have some pretty impressive strength, too, as Saffron is smaller than me.”
Could confirm. It was the only reason one of them had been able to get me on my arse. If I could have seen them coming, it would have gone differently. That was cheating.
“I’m pretty sure whatever you are, you have super speed, too, and that’s why you were the only one who could stop them. It wasn’t that. They were scared when your eyes flashed red.”
“Saffron said fairies only miss when they mean to. They weren’ttryingto hit us and were mostly trying to scare us until they realized Lucian has more of his magic than the rest of us. I didn’t see the red eyes, and neither did Saffron. She would have said something if she did. Saffron said they are just supposed to be messing with us to divert us from the crystals, but if they sense something, they can help us, too.”
“Someone better help me soon because even though I ate all our food, it feels like I skipped several meals and am getting woozy.”
“I’m not sure if what Saffron gave me will help you since I don’t think you’re Fae.”
“Absolutely not. He’s not taking any more of your food.”
“Sorry, but I can smell it and it’s turning my stomach,” he moaned.
“Really?” Khalid said. “I can smell it, too, and it’s not offensive at all. It actually smells delicious.”
I couldn’t smell a damned thing, but that food was forSage.If a fairy was going to pop up and help Sage, then one of these bitches needed to show their face and tell Lucian what he wanted to eat.
Because the wildlifeandthe fairies seemed worried about it.
Ithought I was the only one who understood what Lucian was going through, but I also didn’t know how to help him. More food wouldn’t help. I should probably be worried about what he wanted to eat, but I didn’t think it waspeople.Khalid was brilliant. He’d know about people eating gods.
Khalid seemed to be wanting to kill two birds with one stone. Maybe hewasworried about Lucian eating people and didn’t want to say it in front of him so he didn’t get eaten.
“I really think you have super speed,” he insisted. “Something might be guarding it, but you could zip over to where the crystal is and scope it out. If nothing is guarding it,you could grab it and bring it back. I’ve got jackal senses, and that’s about it. Liam can talk to wildlife.
“Fairy is the English word, but they exist in several cultures across the globe. They all have different lore depending on the country, so we don’t know enough about Sage’s magic yet. You’re getting yours faster than us and faster than what Headmaster Mykene said was natural.”
“I’ve always been ahead of my peers.”
“When you say shite like that, I just want to kick you in the kidneys again.”
“I might have super strength,” Lucian shot back.
