I glared at him for a second to tell him he wasn’t helping. And him being there really wasn’t incentive. There was nothing in Faerie for me. And how much of me would still be me after I got through their training? “You know I tried,” I said to Starren. “Trish could still help us, Star,” Wade said. “I’m sure she has a good reason for being here, probably just keeping an eye on the family until we got here.” His thought process was lame and we all knew it, but I almost appreciated the fact that he’d tried. “I tried with the Council, I really did,” Starren actually sounded sad. “But they wouldn’t accept what I said. They want her almost as much as they want Jaden.” She left it unsaid, but no doubt the Council had been waiting for this the whole time. They had wanted me to help while they ne

