Page 165 of The Fallen Fae King

What in the name of the Shadow Gods is that?

I hide the discovery by continuing my teasing exploration down to edge up the front of Freya’s dress.

She is breathing fast now. “Something I found in Blood Kingdom.”

“Found?”

“Stole.”

My smart wolf.

“You’re incredible.”

“Aye, she’s brilliant,” Daire adds. “Our Thief Queen.”

Freya blushes.

I reward her by pushing her dress up further and brushing over her clit. Her cheeks become flushed.

My cock hardens, but I ignore it.

“Anti-metallicum,” Daire explains. “It can break your uncle’s cursed magic.”

I almost drop my shadows and my act in my shock.

Something that can break my uncle’s magic?

Hope surges through me.

Is it possible?

That changes everything.

For the first time in my life, I would have a real choice.

My eyes light up, and I meet Daire’s dancing gaze. “Tell me you mean that.”

He ruffles his feathers, as much as he can when I am pinning his wings. “Unseelie don’t lie.”

“It’s only in the experimental stage,” Freya warns.

“That doesn’t matter.” My mind is racing. If that is the only piece of this material we have, then what is the next step? “I’ll test it on myself if I need to.”

“Step down, hero. It was already tested on me. I could have died, but it looks like I have as many lives as a cat,” Daire boasts.

“Lucky us.” I still reward him, however, by caressing my shadows up and down his wings. I enjoy the way that I can make him lose control. His eyes become glassy, and he tents his robe. I must keep up the charade, right? “We need to find someone skilled enough to turn this into a weapon. Not only could it undo his magic, but it could kill Maximinus. In battle or the moment that his life is threatened, he surrounds himself with his cursed metal. This could pierce it.”

“It would have to be someone that we trusted, however, and that means someone outside this court.” Daire is panting. “I have a friend who could do it.”

“Why should I trust someone I don’t even know?” I challenge.

“Do you have a choice?”

Who is Daire talking about? A member of his featherglass?

Why does it cause a pang in me that he talks casually about another friend?

I speed up my strokes on his wings, while I push a finger into Freya’s pussy.