The Iron Raven (The Iron Fey: Evenfall) by Julie Kagawa

Author:Julie Kagawa [Kagawa, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

3

HOUNDS IN THE MIST

Keirran straightened. “Gone?” he repeated. “Did they all Fade away?”

I repressed a shudder. Fading was the term for a faery who was slowly ceasing to exist. It happened sometimes to fey exiled from the Nevernever, as the magic and glamour they needed to survive was cut off. But it could also happen if mortals simply stopped believing in us, when our stories and tales were replaced with shiny new distractions, when our names faded from memory. The Forgotten were faeries no one remembered anymore, and before Keirran had become their king, they’d been in danger of quietly vanishing from existence, with no one the wiser.

It was a pretty sucky situation, but at least with Keirran as their king, the process seemed to have slowed, if not halted completely. He remembered them. The Forgotten King made sure to know each and every one of his subjects, making sure they did not Fade away through sheer force of will. And maybe because he was partly human, or because he was just as stubborn and willful as his parents, it seemed to be enough. For now.

“I don’t know,” Nyx replied, her voice somber. “Perhaps? Most of the Forgotten left town with the Lady when she woke up, but a few remained. The Fade has always been a slow, inevitable decline—many of us linger and drift in and out of existence for years. I find it difficult to believe they all vanished so quickly, and at the same time. Please.” She took a step toward Keirran, imploring. “You’re our king now. The Lady is gone, and the other courts won’t help. We can depend only on you. Will you return with us to Phaed?”

“Yes.” Keirran raked a hand over his scalp. “Of course.”

“Wait wait wait.” I held up a hand. “Us? Are you using the royal we or did someone else come with you?”

A loud, despairing sigh echoed behind us.

“How very typical,” said a slow, contemptuous voice that could belong to only one creature in the entire Nevernever. “I was hoping that, were I not present, a decision could be made quickly and we could get underway. But even in dire circumstances, it seems nothing can ever be decided without having to talk it to death. I will never understand.”

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