While it wasn’t common to possess magic from more than one kingdom, having dual magic wasn’t unheard of either. And even though some considered it rude to ask of another’s magic, my shock at hearing Jessip’s dream had apparently thrown my good manners out the window.
Jessip’s cheeks darkened even more. “I wish I could say my psychic ability led us here, but that’s not the case. I only possess elemental magic. It was just a dream, truly, but I swear it felt so real.”
“Real enough that she was able to convince the two of us totravel all the bloody way up here with her.” Nym grinned, his eyes slightly glassy-eyed, and I realized that sometime in the interim, another tray of drinks had been brought to us.
“You never know. You could be right.” I shrugged encouragingly, even though I hoped I found the Stone before they could. While I had nothing against any of them, my uncle’s life depended uponmefinding the Stone, and since only one fairy could claim its magic, that didn’t allow me to share in its bounty.
“What about you, Kole?” Jessip asked him. “It sounds like Prim’s Stone hunting too, but are you?”
I glanced at the warrior, curious to hear what he would say, but all he did was shrug and reply, “I’m not hunting the Stone. I’m here on work.”
“On work?” I repeated, unable to help myself, and wondered if my guess that he was here to keep the peace had been right.
He inclined his head. “Indeed. Someone has to keep the crazy fae hunting the Stone in line.”
The other three eyed the sword at his back and nodded, either curiosity appeased or too intimidated by the fact that he was obviously a law enforcer to ask more.
But a grin split my lips, and I sat up straighter. The question I’d been curious to learn the answer to since meeting him was finally revealed, and his response confirmed that my guess had been right. I couldn’t wait to tell Ree.
Still, it was quite coincidental that Kole just happened tohave followed the same path as me, although, if I truly thought about it, it wasn’tthatimprobable. There were only so many roads traveling through the Wood, and as luck should have it, Kole had chosen the same ones as me.
I drained the last of my ale and was about to settle back to enjoy the music, but Felix nudged me.
“Do you want to dance?” He nodded toward the cleared area by the stage where several other fae were dancing to the beat.
Kole stilled, but Felix jumped to his feet, then held his hand out to me.
I shrugged and placed my hand in his. “Why not? I love to dance.”
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Felix entwined his hand around mine and pulled me toward the dance floor. Now that we were both standing, I realized how much taller he was than me. Even though my height was considered average, Felix was larger than I’d given him credit for, especially given how easily Kole had knocked him around.
He wove us through the tables and chairs, and once we reached the dance floor, he grinned down at me and began moving to the beat.
I readily joined in, smiling back at him and quickly getting lost in the rhythm.
Felix moved well, obviously having a natural inclination toward music, and when he spun me a few times and even dipped me on occasion, I couldn’t help but laugh in delight.
“You’re a good dancer,” I commented just as we began moving to the third song.
“That’s what my da always told me.”
“Your da? Does he dance too?”
“He does.”
“You must take after him.”
He waggled his eyebrows. “I don’t know. Maybe I do. It was how he convinced my mother to marry him, so I suppose that’ll depend upon your answer to my proposal at the end of the night.”
His words were said cheekily, so much so that I couldn’t help but burst into laughter. I was quickly learning that Felix was a voracious flirt.
We spun, dipped, and twirled, and sweat began to slide down my back. More fae had joined us as well, even Nym and Jessip, but the space was only so large, so when I began bumping into those around me and my head began to spin from all of the twirling, I finally called it quits.
“I need a drink.” My skin sparkled in the lights, sheening from our exercise. “I’m going to go back to the table.”
Felix pouted. “Are you coming back?”
