Feyre
I clamped my lips together to stop the laugh that almost escaped me when she said that.
Would anyone actually answer that call? I asked Rhys through the bond.
Apparently was his answering purr. A human man stepped out of the shadows, midnight black hair gleaming and sapphire eyes sparkling.
"Come on, Aelin. You get to make this grand entrance with fire and knives and we are subjected to 'brooding people in the forest'?" he laughed,
"You are?" Cassian demanded, I had almost forgotten he was there which was very unlikely of Cass. The blue eyed man bowed toward us,
"King of Adarlan, Dorian Havilliard," he looked up "At your service." I gasped a bit, another human royal. Then quickly shut my mouth when a young girl walked out. She was petite with dark hair and eyes and she had a limp. Odd.
"The Lady of Perranth, Elide Lochan" the girl smiled tightly and stood straight as Aelin announced her, as if she had worked hard to receive that tittle. "Fenrys and Gavriel" two powerful fae warriors appeared. "And lastly, The Lady of Caraverre," she pointed to the human woman with green eyes the woman nodded. "Army commander Aedion Ashryver Galathynius, wolf of the north and Rowan Whitethorn Galathynius" the fae and man seemed to stifle a bit, as if she had left out some crucial details.
"Nice to meet you all, I am Feyre, high Lady of the Night court. My husband and mate, Rhys, is the high Lord." I pointed to Mor "Third in command, Morrigan" then to Cass "Army general, Cassian. The rest you will meet shortly." I set out my tattooed palm toward her, she stared at me blankly.
Rhys laughed, "You don't know what winnowing is" none of them answered before Dorian cleared his throat,
"We haven't heard the term."
"Oh, it's simple, really. It's teleportation." Mor said cheerily, Aelin gave her a glance and a sly smile.
"Ok, if we must" Aelin took my hand and the rest took hands as well. Than we winnowed to the town house.
Aelin and the scary fae man, either Fenrys, Rowan, or Gavriel gave each other a look I didn't understand. I didn't see Azriel but if I had to guess, he'd was hidden in the shadows.
"What happened to this city?" the human woman asked, Lysandra?
"We just went through a war," Cassian said, looking at Aelin, I noticed she was staring out a different window, her golden hair blowing in the wind. The green eyed fae growled at Cass when the army general didn't look away.
Aelin looked at the fae that growled and laughed, "Territorial fae bastard" to which the human woman, Lysandra laughed.
"Are you two a couple?" I asked, motioning to Aelin and the green eyed fae. Aelin nodded,
"Rowan and I? Married and mated. Why?" I gasped a bit,
"A human with a fae mate?" Mor voiced my question, a laugh came from one of the other two fae warriors, Fenrys or Gavriel. "Why is that such a funny question?" Mor scowled,
"Because she's not a human." another gasp came from the four of us, Aelin gave him a dirty look,
"Aelin why don't you tell them?" the other one said, Aedion, the blonde twin to Aelin growled,
"My queen will tell them when she wants to, Gavriel." the name was spat, as if a dirty word by itself.
"Ok, let's all calm down" the first fae male said, presumably Fenrys.
"You do not tell me what to do" Gavriel spat back. I turned to Aelin, Rowan, Lysandra, Elide, and Dorian, they all looked calm so I took it as a sign that it would not escalate to far.
"But Aelin does." Aedion said, Gavriel gasped, as if the words physically hurt him.
"You heard him, uncle kitty cat" Aelin interjected, earning a look from all three of them. She pushed herself of the wall she was leaning on and walked into the middle of their argument. "You all obey me, of now, stop fighting. Your making a bad impression on our gracious hosts; Feyre, Rhys, Mor, Cassian and shadows" she said,
"Shadows?" almost everyone asked at the same time, I did too. Aelin pointed to a corner of the room, her long dainty finger nails accompanied by scars on her hands that I hadn't noticed before. Azriel stepped out of the shadows, much to the shock of everyone in Aelin's court except Rowan. What on earth was going on between them?
"How did you see me?" Azriel asked, not ashamed but curious,
"You make a lot of noise" she said, Azriel smiled and than Aelin faced Rhys and me. "I have a story to tell you," than she looked a the couches "Shall we sit?"