“I suppose you’re right, I could choose to ignore the threat.” I knew that I may be pushing my luck by making the jab, but her patronizing manner raised my hackles. “In that scenario, you have already chosen to accept that there is a threat.” “Yes,” I said with a confident lift of my chin. “Because there is a threat and I will eliminate that threat for you. The only thing I ask in return is that you allow me to remain on Earth.”
Her head tipped back and she laughed heartily, the chatter in the room quieting as the ladies curiously gazed in our direction. Abruptly her laughter stopped and her eyes narrowed on me. “You seem to suffer from the delusion that you are doing me a favor. There is no war and you have no leverage over me. My decree states that all Fae must live on Faery, save only
