Chapter 95
With a flick of my hand vines wrap around Janet and I dive back down as the vine lands in my hand dragging her down with me. As fast as I can I swim down to the bottom and back out the entrance. Shooting to the surface I break through tossing the vine out to Rhett who had shifted and was now waiting by the shore. Its been years since hes been in the lake past his knees but who can blame him. Once he grabbed the vine he takes off yanking Janet out of the water. “thanks shes light but still I hate her so much.” “anything for you little wolf. Addie and chad are blocking the doors to keep everyone there. Even that ass that I know is trying to take the throne from king Rowland.” he links as we head back with Janet dangling from the vine.
Coming back thorough the window I land in the center of the room. Chad and Addie come forward waiting chad has a potion brewed from my blood to extract the truth curse from. This will make the drinker tell nothing but he truth for about an hour. We had been working on to help get the the truth from rogues faster. Its far from perfect but it will work for what we need today. Sharon being of the same bloodline can not lie here. Her compulsion not to lie is stronger than mine being she is half pixie. While I had been retrieving Janet I had asked Addie to ask Sharon to summon Killian to the meeting. Of all her five pups he is the only one who is full fae. He is a pixie. He looks so much like a combination of twins along with Kalaban. Addie stepped forward right as Janet hit the floor locking her hands in iron cuffs.
“let me introduce Janet turner. She is the daughter of the witch Edith. She is the reason I was thrown through time as the attack on Mia. Janet left a path of dead fae and shifters in her wake back then. For the last two centuries shes been locked in a cave under the lake. As you can see shes still alive and why is that you ask? Lets hear it form her mouth but first. Janet who is the girl behind you?” I ask pointing to Sharon. First Janet just stood there glaring at me when king Rowland flicked a tiny fire ball at her she turned. Her growls of frustration loud in the quiet hall. “you I should have killed you when you were born. No you should have never been born. Had mother not distracted us with my brain you would not have been. I cant believe mother made such a failure. You were suppose to pass the power to that mutt then I would have taken it from him from mother but no you had to run away to those mutts.” Janet seethes out.
“was she made out of choice?” one council member asks. “of course not are you a fool. Mother was given a small fae girl she tried many different ways to produce a child from the two fae a child she could control. When that failed she drained the girl and used her blood to make the endless life spell that is now failing with her death. Took mother many many years to convince me and father to allow her another child. The last one she lost so her womb was locked. She promised and promised never to lose another child and I did want a baby. I am unable to have offspring so this was my chance to have a child in a way so I agreed. Had I not been so taken with my little brother I would have seen the look in her eyes. She used the after birth and some of brains blood along with mine to create a spell strong enough to make that thing give her a child. The child she said was suppose to be male and under her control. She was wrong on both accounts. That thing never manifested magic making her a failure. She should be dead I watched as Kane slit her throat.” slapping her hands over her mouth looking around.
“did your mother mate with prince Kalaban?” another member asks “are you daft. No my mother would not stoop so low as to bed such a foul thing. No she spiked him one night to relieve himself in a cup and used that.” gasps are heard around the room. “was prince Kalaban aware of the child?” “not that I was aware of. Well not until now I guess.” she shrugs. Her eyes telling how much she hates this.
“now we have established Sharon was convinced from Kalaban.” “prince Kalaban” one of the council members sneered out at me. Trying not to roll my eyes as the room gasps out. It was sura who shoot up from her seat. “you would speak to the princess as such. Since when is family required to use titles?” her eyes going from a green to a black in an instant. “sorry m’lady I forgot my place.” with a wave of my hand I dismiss the whole thing. “now as you know any offspring of king Rowland is cursed to always tell the truth in the fairy grove correct?” I look at the council members they all nod. “so that same curse should be in Sharon as will if she is a true daughter of prince Kalaban correct?” again they nod.
“Sharon I asked you to bring someone here did you?”
“Yes of course.”
“good. Killian come here please.” holding my hand out to the nine year old boy. When he comes to me looking a little scared I place a hand on his shoulder to get him to look at me. Loud enough they can hear me but quiet enough to not frighten him. “Killian who are you parents?” he points back to Sharon and the twins. “what are you parents?” “what do you mean ashash?” using an old nickname telling me how nervous he is. “are they witches wolves ferrets owls?” “oh my dads are wolves and my mom shes a witch and pixie.” he shrugs “how do you know” “well she has wings and stuff they look like dragon fly wings they are so pretty. Grandpa says I will get my own wings one day I cant wait.” he gets animated the more he talks. “and why would you get wings?” tilting his head at me like I lost my mind “you know why ashash did you hit your head?” a soft chuckle fills the room. Smiling “I know but see that table with all those impressive fae sitting at it-he nods- they don’t know so how about you tell him why you will get wings?” taking a moment he looks back at his mother and fathers they nod so he puffs his chest out “because I am just like grandpa. I wont get a wolf like my dads and brothers. And I wont get magic like my sisters. They are limited tot the magic in them. I get to weld untameable wild magic like you and grandpa. And when I get my wings I plan to work really hard to find a way to give grandpa his wings back.” now standing taller.
“what do you mean get his wings back?” Yinny jumps up and almost screams. This time Kalaban stood him self. “to create the potion to produce Sharon the witch took my wings. Sharon is more my child then she was ever Edith's. Look at her look in her call the blood readers of the south. And look at her seedling he is pure pixie he will make for a wonderful heir to her he has the golden heart of the royal family. If they are not meant to be my heirs why do they have my heart. My curses and my blessings. The fae have kept their noses to themselves for to long we would have been wiped out if not for both Sharon and Ashley. And the barrier would still be closed.”
The room goes silent as they think it over. With a nod the old wrinkly clan leader Hobb of the swamp trolls stands. “I vote that the child be the heir and we be done with this. Not one of you can look at them an say she is evil she risked everything to save others she didn’t know and produced a full pixie only a fae can have a fae. Lets move to punish the true villain here this witch Janet. I say a hundred years at the bottom of my swamp.”
In the end it was determined Janet would live in a glass box in the middle of the fairy grove for all to see. She will live there until she passes. the endless life spell is coming to and end they think she has maybe fifty more years. The box base is made of iron as the top. Sucking all the magic from her keeping her nothing more than human. Sharon was named heir to the fae realm. The council locked them selves away looking for a way to restore Kalaban wings.
Now is the time to just be happy with our families. Well until Blake comes of age and finds the demon Valak is her mate. King Damien released him just to find as they walked to the office for Valak to poof and reappear at the side of Blake's bed. Scaring queen aria at first. She seen the love he already felt for her. So Valak has been a constant presence in Blake's like. Unlike us he is able to ignore the pull of the mate bond and just be what she needs when she needs it. They are very close. For a demon hes okay.
