Page 48 of Beauty At Stake
But did the means justify the ends?
Ugh. Morality. Faith. Betrayal. It was all streaming back to me, hitting me with a triple punch. What should I do?
“Dad says you have to go back soon.” Rowan looked up at me, still playing with her sister.
“Yes, but I can stay for breakfast.”
“Mom!” Rowan laughed. “It's after three.”
“In the afternoon?”
She just laughed harder.
“Time difference,” I muttered. “Well, have you eaten lunch yet?”
“No, we were waiting for you to wake up,” Killian said.
Rowan gave her father a look.
“I may have had a bowl of ice cream,” Kill admitted. “Just to tide me over.”
“Ice cream sounds wonderful. Did you have any, Ro-Ro?”
“A little.” She giggled.
“Good for you!” I kissed her forehead. “Life is about having as much fun as possible.”
“In between work,” Kill added.
I stuck my tongue out at him, and Rowan giggled harder.
“I need ice cream!” I declared.
Mirielle giggled with Rowan this time. Then we all got out of bed and headed down the hall to the family dining room. I wasn't in the mood to go down to the dining hall on the firstfloor. Plus, that would mean dealing with my guards, and I wasn't in the mood for them either.
We ordered some lunch to be brought up, then Killian watched the kids as I took Sever into Kill's bedroom for a talk. I didn't want to go through my speech three times. So, after shutting the bedroom door, I took Sever into Killian's office, where we kept our crystal ball.
“What's going on, Seren?” Severriel pulled me to a stop just inside the office door.
“I need to tell Daxon and Tiernan something along with you. Just bear with me.” I pulled out my scry phone.
“But not Raza?”
“Raza already knows. He came to Earth.”
“Why did Raza go to Earth?”
“Because one of the Unseelie hunters there ratted me out to him.”
“About what?” Sever narrowed his eyes.
“Something she didn't know enough about to go tattling, and I'm reporting her for it. But that's another story.”
“What was the thing she didn't know the whole of?”
I sighed. “The Coven asked for the Wild Hunt to help with our mission, so the High Fairy Council sent a local team. When the Lady of the Wild Hunt in charge of that team learned there was a Demon behind the abductions we were investigating and she saw me working with the King of Hell, but not her king, she assumed I was keeping Raza in the dark.”
“There's a Demon behind the Witch abductions?”
