CHAPTER 22 Chaos awaited them. Malan's front garden, usually a quiet and almost boring place, was full of people. Macey waved to some of her father's kelpie mages who lifted their hands in greeting in return. The na fir ghorma stayed close to the mists they'd stepped out of, sceptically looking at the other assembled people. A group of kabouter were sitting in the garden and Macey had to hide her grin. They looked suspiciously like garden gnomes. Jared was amongst them, talking to Jerimiah and another kabouter that looked very similar. His brother, maybe? When the incubus met Macey's glance, he got up and ran towards her, hugging her as soon as she was in reach. "Good to see you," he muttered against the nape of her neck, his breath hot on her skin. His incubus powers were pushing agai

