Shameless Fae (The Fae Bounties Book 1) by Cilla Raven

Author:Cilla Raven [Raven, Cilla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781733208338
Publisher: Cilla Raven Books
Published: 2020-07-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

An hour or so later, I’m lying on the ground next to Priya, everyone fast asleep while my mind runs away with everything that’s happened today and won’t shut the fae up. Priya tied another rope around the one holding my wings, right in the center of my back where I’d have no hope of reaching it even if I could get my hands free, and then wrapped the rest of its length around her waist so I wouldn’t try to escape again while she slept.

I’m lying on my back even though it’s uncomfortable because I can’t bear to give her my back willingly, but I also couldn’t turn my back on everyone else sleeping near me, around the fire that’s steadily dying out the longer the night wears on.

No matter the honorable shit they claim to stand for, I don’t trust any of them, and honestly, it’s almost impossible to believe everything they’ve told me tonight because it goes against everything I’ve heard up to this point.

I don’t doubt what Quinn said - the story he told about the nobles and why he killed them, at least - but to be frank, most everyone could agree that what those nobles were doing was atrocious. It doesn’t make him any better just because he murdered them. Murder is a crime just as much as everything those nobles were doing was.

There’s a system in place to handle things like that for a reason. The police and courts of Tavatika may not be perfect, but they do their job well enough from what I understand. Granted, I’ve never really had to deal with them much, seeing as how I get my bounties directly from Uncle, but still, if Quinn knew there was a problem with those nobles, he should’ve gone through the proper channels, not gone all mercenary on their asses.

Had he done that, those nobles could’ve been charged, gone to trial, and faced the consequences for their actions in front of their victims, offering those children some form of closure.

Well, unless they ran, that is.

The law states that if you run before your trial, it’s an admission of guilt on your part, and you are automatically exiled to Eruxus without your wings if you’re a fae, killed on sight if you’re a human. I don’t hunt and kill humans; I couldn’t if I tried. It’s those fae that have been charged but not yet tried that make up my bounties. And even I’ll admit that the law doesn’t seem exactly fair, but if you didn’t do it, why would you run? Why wouldn’t you defend yourself in court to prove your innocence?

Why am I even thinking about all of this? I wonder as I reposition myself in an attempt to get comfortable, but it's a wasted effort since nothing I do works in that regard.

Priya rolls over on her side toward me, and for a solid minute, I can’t force my eyes to leave her sleeping face. She’s stunning and beautiful… but in a hard way when she’s awake.

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