WE RANG THE DOORBELL. It didn’t seem like the best way to sneak up on the fae, but Rune promised our enemy was inside the residence. Plus—
“The neighbors will call the police if we climb in a window,” Natalie observed.
So, doorbell it was.
Lenny himself answered. Not quite as slick and well-groomed as when I’d last seen him, he looked like a man enjoying his Sunday. “Do you have questions about the ceremony?” he asked, stepping out and pulling the door closed behind him. “I’d rather my wife not hear. It’s intended to be a surprise.”
He appeared human...and yet the air that came out of the house along with him was full of lemon so sweet it made my teeth ache. Like Rune’s persimmon but stronger and sharper. The aroma repelled rather than attracted me. Somehow I knew it pointed to fae.
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