“Strong as ever.”
“I know it’s a long shot, but would you be willing to try to find someone for me?”
“Anything, darling boy. You know that.”
Funny, how she sounded just like her nine-times-great-grandmother when she talked to him like that. It had the same effect of making John believe things really might come out okay, too. “Her name is Hilary or Hilaria, and she lived in London about eight years ago.”
Evangeline chuckled. “Can’t promise that’ll bear fruit, but I’ll certainly do the planting and tending.”
“I’ll owe you one whether you find her or not.” John’s people mostly made agreements like treaties, understandings; you stay away from mine and I stay away from yours. But they took the trading of favors just as seriously as courtly fae.
“You’re family, Johnny, as I keep reminding
