She stared down at the mark. “That would be a complicated process. He had to teleport what was in there almost instantly. And he had to make sure melted gold showed up in its place.”
“If we’re right, he had a lot of time to plan this. It’s possible that’s exactly what he did.”
“That’s a lot of moving parts, even for a sidhe,” Peasblossom said.
“Not too many. Not for a sidhe who hangs out at Nightcap talking to oracles…” I retrieved the honey and lemon and began preparing my tea. “The curses on the artifacts. Only the three on the individual items are irrelevant now that they were stolen from the thief. The truth curse is still there, would still activate if someone used them.” I stirred my tea and looked at Peasblossom. “What do you suppose the chances are that Flint just wants to have the artifacts for sentimental reasons, and doesn’t intend to use them?”
Peasblossom looked down at the mark again. “Not good.”
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