Lauren Dane A Touch Of Fae (EC)

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Jayce. And I m human but not an idiot. I m not going to go and alienate people.
How do you know you didn t alienate Jayce? Con asked smugly.
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She sighed. Conchobar MacNessa, have you forgotten what I am? I m a feeler, I
detected quite a few things from Jayce. She winked at him and he chuckled. None of
them was anger or alienation.
Con gave his friend a dirty look and then looked back to Em. I thought you
couldn t feel Fae?
I can t feel you. Apparently it sometimes it works that way with empaths and
people they re very close to. My grandmere told me that most of us have ended up with
partners that we ve been unable to read. It was another reason I believed you were
coming back. Sometimes it s because of the other person s power level I can t read
Lee and other times it s due to familial ties, which is also part of why I can t read Lee.
I can read Jayce loud and clear, she said and hastily added, but, Jayce, I do turn it
down as far as I can when I m with friends and out in public. I don t snoop. It just
comes from people.
He put his hand on hers and smiled. I m not worried, Em. I thank you, though, for
your reassurance.
Get your paws off my wife, Con growled and Jayce laughed again.
So what do you do, Jayce?
I m one of the Queen s Favored, as Con is.
Con had explained that the Queen s Favored was a council of advisors and
warriors, sort of like a presidential cabinet. Con sat at Aine s right hand, her most
trusted advisor and councilor.
When do we meet her, Con? Em asked as she looked him over. Damn if he wasn t
the sexiest thing she d ever seen.
As soon as you eat, a ghra. We ll go and wait for an audience. She ll administer the
spell and you ll be one of us. Then we ll go and see my family.
She must have shown her distress because he picked her hand up and kissed it.
They ll love you, least of all because I love you. But they are all going to see what a
special woman you are right away.
She turned to Jayce. But not everyone is going to love me, isn t that true?
Damn, it s a good thing you love her so much, Con. She sees right through any
attempts to get around her. I ve got to go, he said, standing up and giving her a small
bow. I will see you at the queen s chambers. Em, it was a pleasure to meet you and see
you naked. If you need any help working with your new powers, please call on me. Con
was always bad at controlling the elements.
She blinked in surprise. Oh, okay. Nice to meet you too, I ll see you later.
He shimmered out of the room before Con could toss a plate at his head.
She turned to him. I think you ve got some explaining to do, Con.
Well, Aine isn t just going to make you immortal. You ll be Fae, with all of the
things that come with it. Each of us, much like each Charvez woman, has certain gifts
although we all have the same basic powers, sifting between the worlds is one. And&
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Yeah, that s all great and I want to hear more about any cool new superpowers
and all, but let s get to the part about not everyone being happy about me.
Damn, she was good. There are some Fae who don t like humans, he said simply.
My Joining with you will agitate them.
She arched a brow. Why would they care?
He sighed and her eyes narrowed. I come from kings of old. My mother is forty
thousand years old and the daughter of one of the oldest of us all. My grandfather was
one of the first Sidhe. He doesn t get out much, the oldest ones tend to avoid most
people. He lives in a place that sits between worlds.
So these people won t like the human marrying their golden boy?
Something like that. Other royal families have been trying to get our bloodlines
mixed with theirs for a very long time. Finn, my brother, married a woman who is in
Faerie culture considered a commoner. My mother was not pleased, although she and
Magda get along quite well now.
Oh, so she s got to be all kinds of pleased that you re bringing home a human
commoner, huh?
She gave me her blessing once she looked into my heart and saw you there. He
took her hand and put it over his heart. She truly did. Finn and Magda as well. All of
the people who truly count to me are happy for us. We can deal with the others. I just
want you to be on your guard. I wish you couldn t feel them all you re bound to feel a
lot of hostility and I don t want that for you. He decided not to mention that he d had
Jayce put protective spells on her clothing as well as providing an extra set of protective
eyes at the Court. While Em was human, she was incredibly vulnerable to any Fae who
wished to harm her. The sooner Aine changed her the better because she d be a lot
safer. It was very difficult for him to expose her to the Court at all, thoughts of failing
his father came back to haunt him. He forced himself to stop thinking about it. He d not
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