“And you lived in the mortal realm, with them?”
“With is a strong word.” John smiled, but this was the tricky bit. Even other immortals, except for really, really old vampires—who tended to lose their minds after more than a handful of centuries—might look askance at the relationship between trickster fae and their mortal counterparts. “We live separately today, still, but yes, in the mortal world; in the places where humans aren’t so thick on the ground. Deep in places like the sss Rainforest, the Mariana Trench, the Sahara Desert, K2, and Everest.”
“And what do you do in places like that?”
“Live. Work. We make music and dance, we care for the earth and the sky. We’re guardians. We protect and nurture our homes and territories and families, more than anything else. If humans venture to
