“Unless you want to count the magic fingers beds in the seedy honeymoon suite hotels, then no.” Glancing up, I saw the blank look on Hilda’s face and smiled. “Sorry. As far as I know, no one can harness the power of magic where I come from. What’s the Sith?”
“They are the fae, powerful gods from the ancient ones. Alister comes from powerful magic, but he refutes it. ’Tis dangerous to deny where ye come from. I needed his help although I am not proud of how I did it.”
“What, did you black mail him into it?”
Hilda’s hands stilled, and the heavy silence spoke volumes. I glanced up at her and saw the tightness on her face. “Oh.”
“Aye. ’Twas not my place to force his hand, but ye doonae understand. Our time of peace is a tense one. The threat of war of always on the horizon, and our only li
