[Through Time 02.0] Whiplash by Claudy Conn

Author:Claudy Conn [Conn, Claudy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Claudy Conn
Published: 2013-03-06T07:00:00+00:00

~ Nine ~

BANZAR SAT COMFORTABLY and smiled as though enjoying the concert being conducted in the pavilion by the queen’s favorite musicians, but he scarcely heard the music because his mind was deep in thought.

He wasn’t a Royal, though he was a distant cousin to the princes of the House of Lugh. He had been a loyal Council member for eons, but damn if he got enough recognition, and he was weary of being regarded as ‘just’ a Council member. He wanted more.

He had nearly as much age as Queen Aaibhe herself but had taken the waters of the Cauldron to stave off the madness that came to Fae who did not, and he had been re-taught all he needed to know in good order. He was a faithful Fae, ready to fight for his peers and keep Tir ever safe.

He had never liked Queen Aaibhe—perhaps because she had never invited him to her inner circle.

No, that was reserved for her damn Royals—and, of course, her ‘special’ Druids!

When Gaiscioch had broken away and decided to take her on, Banzar had secretly sympathized with him.

Unlike Gais, however, Banzar did not wish to go to war with his beloved Fae in order to take over the Isles of Tir and rule Faery. He preferred a peaceful ‘takeover’.

Gais had been a traitor and was now dead. Banzar was no such thing, not a traitor, and he knew the limitations of his power. He could not beat the queen’s warriors in a fair fight.

However, it was time for her to step down, and now he had the means to force the issue.

He had no desire to rule the human world. They were disgusting creatures better left to their puny lives. No doubt they would end by destroying one another in a final World War.

He wanted only one thing: to rule the Fae as their king.

Perhaps now was the time the Council would see matters had gone too far with Aaibhe?

First, she allowed—no, welcomed—the union of Seelie Princess Royce with Chancemont LeBlanc, a Milesian. Somehow the Council had agreed with the queen that the union would bring two strong worlds together to be ever vigilant against the Unseelie monsters.

But, he fancied, they would not want their queen to take as consort over them a Milesian king. Impossible! And that was what Morgan LeBlanc was. Calling him their leader was tantamount to calling him their king.

This latest behavior of hers, linking herself romantically to the Milesian leader and, he believed, involving herself intimately with the Milesian? Unacceptable!

Her choice of mate would not bode well for her, but it would for his cause.

She must have realized this, for she was very secretive about her visits to Dravo. She was very secretive about Morgan LeBlanc’s visits at the palace, calling them matters of security. Ha—he knew better!

Indeed, she had finally fallen in love, and the thought made him sneer. Even all the fuss over her fallen Druid lover, Conall, would not garner her sympathy if she tried to take a Milesian as her consort.

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