He frowned. “What? I’m going to find where the next two are.”
I pointed to the dirt I was about to stick my feet into, and if that didn’t do it then it was off to New York.
He scoffed. “That barely works, and only if it’s within a few hundred miles, never in another country. This works no matter the continent.”
He let his blood drip onto the earth, mumbling under his breath as a cool wind passed through the yard.
Whoa.
“Blood magic is … dark,” I croaked. My mother told me to never ever use blood in a spell. It called the darkness to you, and once you did that, it was hard to get off.
He narrowed his gaze at me. “And you thought this entire time that I was a light Fae?”
I sighed. “Obviously not but—”
“But nothing. I’m a Dark Fae that does dark magic. Get over it,” he snapped and closed his eyes, leaving me feeling like I’d been slapped.
Elle raised her eyebrows and crossed her arms, while I decided to just ignore the asshole. He was obviously in distress and in a hurry, but that was no excuse for talking to me like that. He touched the part of the dirt that had his blood on it and stuck his finger deep into the earth. The cold breeze rushed harder, slamming into us. I had to plant my feet into the earth just to keep from falling over.
Then, just as quickly as the breeze had come, it died down and Liam stood.
“They’re here.” He looked shocked, “On Orcas Island, just outside Puget Sound. A place where no blue doors exist.”
“They? Both crystals?” I brushed off my hands and prepared to fly to this island.
He nodded, seeming to be far off in his mind. “Three of them actually. If we move quickly, I can make it back in time.”
I frowned. “In time for what?”
He shook himself and stepped closer to me. “Did you get the water?”
I nodded. “It’s in Faerie, at the elders’. They wouldn’t let me bring it out.”
He frowned at that. “Okay. Hold on to me. I can get us there faster.”
Elle kicked off the ground, hovering in the air. “I’ll follow.”
Liam shook his head. “By the time you get there, we will be done. Wait here, and if we need backup, I’ll come back for you.”
She frowned, “Excuse me motherfu—” She was drowned out when Liam reached out and pulled me flush against his body, kicking off the ground like a missile as he shot into the air. I clung to his neck, tucking my face into him as frigid wind sailed past us.
“I’m sorry,” he shouted down at me. “There’s no more time.”
My heart beat wildly against his chest. The craziest part of all this was that I trusted he wouldn’t put me in harm’s way. That might be my downfall, but my intuition had never let me down before. I was worried about people seeing us. Keeping our race a secret was very important in Faerie, but Liam didn’t seem to care. He shot across Seattle and then across the open water, bringing a frigid wind with him in his wake.
He was the son of the Winter King. I’d expected some power, but this was … incredible. He flew so fast I would have thought I was in a fighter jet from a movie. Before I knew it, we were landing on Orka Island, at the end of an outcrop of trees.
“My father has this plan.” Liam set me down, sliding my body along the length of his and making my belly warm at the closeness. “To make his own world here on Earth for all of the Sons of Darkness and their human … lovers.” He paused at that word, hand still on my lower back as I stayed pressed to him.
I nodded. “I know. I was at the sex party, remember?” He still hadn’t let me go. We were inches apart.
He looked up at a giant house on the hill between the trees. “This is where his plan begins. He only needs three crystals to start creating a protection dome, similar to the one you have in Faerie. Then they’ll all come here and … continue to grow the race until he can get all twelve crystals and take over Earth.”
Take over Earth? That was fucked. Like some cult or something. Earth wasn’t meant to be used like that. Faerie would fall if he took even one of our crystals at this point. So would the queen of Spring, Dahlia.
“Alright, well, let’s do this.” I went to step out of his grasp when his hand tightened at my back and he pinned me closer to his body.
“Look…” His blue eyes bore into mine, tiny threads of orange lighting up inside as he gazed down at me intently. “Last night was … incredible. I need you to know that. You’re … incredible.”
