Faeries and Fangs (The Blood Witch Saga Book 5) by Theophilus Monroe

Author:Theophilus Monroe [Monroe, Theophilus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-01-29T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

I woke up in an egg-shaped chamber. The grains of the oak and the glowing golden sap that seeped through suggested I was still inside the Faerie King’s tree. I knocked on the wood.

“Hello! Your Highness?”

No one responded. Why was I trapped in a tree? Why would the Faerie King heal me if he intended to put me into some kind of faerie prison the moment I lost consciousness?

There must’ve been a reason. Willie said faeries couldn’t lie. Leann was a succubus, a demon, and a faerie at the same time. Not even Willie knew that about her. She’d been among the Unseelie for so long we have assumed her demonic nature to be a quirk of her particular “brand” of faerie. The Faerie King knew better. I didn’t know how old he was, but I had the distinct impression he’d been around a lot longer than faeries like Willie and Wanda.

“Hello!” I shouted again. Still no answer.

At least the elixir worked. The curse was gone. I wasn’t going to die. At least not because of the curse.

One side of my egg-shaped prison glowed green. I was about to touch it, to see if I could push myself through, when another body passed through and struck me in the chest.

I fell back, and Mercy was on top of me.

“Damn faeries!”

“What happened?” I asked.

Mercy shook her head. “Wanda sold me out. Tried to make a deal with some of the Faerie King’s lackeys. Let Willie go free and they could have me.”

I sighed. “Well, I’m cured at least.”

Mercy tilted her head. “Are you serious?”

I told Mercy about my conversation with the Faerie King. How I was damned to abstinence until we killed Leann. How she’d have to be the one to secure a stake from the Tree of Life.

“If that’s the case, why are we stuck in this... whatever it is... like prisoners?”

I shrugged. “Beats me. The Faerie King added his blood to the beaker. I drank it. He told me I needed to rest. It would take time for the elixir to work. The next thing I knew, I woke up in here.”

“Any sign of Willie?”

I shook my head. “He wasn’t in the Faerie King’s throne room. They must’ve taken him elsewhere. The Faerie King said he’d be free. Once all this was done, he could come and go at will between earth and the Seelie Forest.”

Mercy huffed. “Would have been nice if the faeries explained what was going on before they grabbed me and threw me in here.”

“Did you fight back?” I asked.

“I didn’t have a chance. Those little buggers are fast. I didn’t even see them coming.”

I shook my head. “There must be a good reason.”

Mercy shrugged. “Maybe he doesn’t trust us. Just because faeries can’t lie doesn’t mean they can’t be deceived. And like you pointed out before, we don’t know that she can’t lie. If she’s a demon, well, that’s sort of what they do.”

“If I was trying to trick him, why would I tell him everything Leann wanted us to do?”

Mercy shrugged.

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