I didn't have my runes with me. I didn't want to risk losing them in the fight, so they were back where we'd set up the command post in the forest. This would be something I couldn't rely on my magic to help with.
“You want me to tell you the intentions of a goddess…. That’s hard to answer as a mortal.” I said.
“And yet my patience grows thin, demi-fae. If you do not care to enlighten me, then I see no use for your presence in my home.” She replied scornfully.
Derrick growled from behind me. I wanted to turn to him, to comfort him, but I knew moving could give her a reason to attack. I didn’t know what sorts of powers she had, and I really didn’t want to find out the hard way. Without turning, I put my hand up behind me, signaling him to wait.
“We’re taught that the goddess matches u
