Jennifer and Aleric both need privacy to make their phone calls. Aleric claims the bedroom. As expected, it doesn’t take him long to learn the truth. He has a lot of contacts in the Unseelie and Seelie Courts. It’s a necessity for his job. The time consuming part involves apprising the rulers of both courts about the situation. They need to know what’s going on before Aleric can act against Fitzgerald. In the kitchen, Jennifer calls her people. She wants them ready to move the moment we know where Meredith is. I’m not sure if that is a good idea or not but I’m not going to argue with her. She has a job to do. That leaves me, Hagan and Nerva. We sit in the living room where Hagan sharpens his sword. He’s expecting the fight of his life and he wants to be ready for it. Nerva leans close to whisper against my neck. “Everyone else has something to do. How shall we ever pass the time?” Her close proximity and thoughts of entertaining ways to pass time make it harder to concentrate.
