Give Me - A Tale of Wyrd and Fae (Tethers 1)
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She smiled, and he was lost in her gaze. So kind. So full of promise. Her lips were red and full and luscious. She touched her throat and disappeared.
He ran to the fairy circle.
“Everyone fly!” Aubrey gave Donall a wicked leer, touched his throat, and was gone.
Amid a flutter of wings and strange pops and flashes, Donall spun around at the roof’s edge. They were all gone, but at his feet something gleamed. He picked up the glass cup, stunning in the moonlight.
“Ach!” The scream came from just beyond the roof’s edge where Dandelion hovered. He was at a listing angle, his eyes wide with rage. His wings beat angrily against the air.
With one hand, Donall hugged the beautiful prize to his chest. With the other, he desperately dug the crumbs of holy cake out of his robe pocket and threw them in the direction of the angry drugged fairy.
At the same moment green streaks of light shot through the night sky, and Donall let loose a whoop. The northern lights! He locked gazes with the mad Dandelion. It was a sign. He was in luck. The lights meant Brother Sun and Sister Moon meant Donall to have the cup. He tossed another handful of holy cake crumbs.
The fairy shrieked again, a cry of emotional agony. He spun three times at blinding speed and pointed at Donall and chanted:
“If this cup does shatter or crack,
Bausiney’s line will meet its lack.”
With a pop and flash, he was gone...
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