Kaname stared at the Fae in front of him. He had heard of Puck, more commonly known as Robin Goodfellow, and his trickster ways. Most of what he heard was also found in books that could back up his tricks. The most prominent one was the trick he played on the people in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Now here he was standing in front of him.

The story he had been told made complete sense. Since Boston had come to live with them, she had been searching for her past. So far Kaname hadn't heard much other than what she had told him in class, which led him to believe she was hiding something. She couldn't have done it alone so it only sufficed to say one of the vampires was her accomplice. He'd figure that out later. Now he was going to have a nice discussion with Robin Goodfellow.

Seiran brought them some tea and they sat in the foyer. The cat that had come in with him was undoubtedly upstairs with Boston. She had come in and locked herself in her room. He hadn't even asked why because Akatsuki came sauntering in after her with Puck behind him. When he dismissed the others, Akatsuki had disappeared up the stairs as well.

"So tell me. What brings you to Cross Academy?" he asked in his very diplomatic voice. It wasn't wise to anger a Fae so he was going to play nice.

"I was sent here on orders from King Oberon himself." Puck replied. He sat with his back very rigid. The iron in the house dorm had to be upsetting him but he wasn't going to show it. The only way Kaname knew was his posture.

"Whatever for?"

"It seems Queen Mab of the Unseelie Court, the Winter Queen, had a child and sent her to the human realm to be raised by a half-Fae couple."

"Why would King Oberon send you after a Winter Fae? Especially a Winter Princess?" The look in Puck's eyes said he didn't want to tell him because there was something more with the birth of Boston. "What does a normal Winter Fae look like?"

"Dark hair and light eyes and very pale."

"Boston obviously doesn't have dark hair or light eyes. The paleness of her skin is correct but not the other looks." Puck looked nervous then. "What haven't you told me?"

"I'm really not supposed to tell."

"Is it something the King of the Summer Court knows that the others do not?" The Fae nodded. "Do all Fae have the same abilities?"

"No, not usually. Most Summer Fae have spring and summer qualities, such as affinity for plants and animals. Winter Fae have an affinity for the wintry type things, such as ice and snow. There are a couple of things that both have."

"Is the ability to control the wind one of them?"

"That usually falls to the Summer….Fae."

Kaname nodded as the Fae trailed off. "That's what I thought. Would you like to try from the beginning?"

Puck sighed, resigning himself to the fact that he messed up. "Queen Mab's consort was a Summer Fae she had taken captive but had not killed because he amused her. When she went to the human world, she took him with her. That was where she got pregnant. Boston was born in the Unseelie Court but sent to the human realm to be raised away from the Courts and their rulers."

"Does she know this?"

"I don't think so, unless she's been using her Fae magic."

"She has but not in front of me. Akatsuki's the one you should ask about that."

"I'm afraid I can't. She's already ripped into me for that."

"What do you plan to do now, Robin Goodfellow?"

"My orders are to take her back to Faeryland. But I want to judge her abilities for myself before I put her through all that."

"Do you have a certain time before she has to be back?"

"The winter solstice is coming up. it would be fitting for Mab's daughter to be present."

"How would that be possible since she is both Winter and Summer Fae?"

"She would be known as Mab's daughter because Mab is a queen and her father was not. She will be called a Winter Fae even though Summer Fae runs in her veins."

"That seems fitting." He heard a door close upstairs. "It seems we were being spied on." He chuckled lightly when Goodfellow looked up in shock. "She's gone now. You have unmistakably hurt her feelings."

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Akatsuki looked over as his door opened and closed quickly. Hanabusa was down in the kitchen eating so that left one person to come in without knocking.

Boston threw herself in his bed and buried her entire body under the covers close to his body. She was shivering. He sighed and sank back, letting the little ball at his hip calm down before he spoke.

"I'm a half-breed." She said so quietly he could barely hear it. "My mother's a queen and my father was her concubine."

"That doesn't make any sense." He replied, tossing the covers back so he could look at her face. It was buried in his hip, her hair tickling his skin. "What do you mean you're a half breed?"

"My mother is the Queen of the Unseelie Court and my father was some Summer Fae she took a liking to and decided to make her consort. I'm the product of that union."

"What's so bad about that?"

"The Seelie and Unseelie Courts are perpetual enemies. I'm a half-breed, half-Winter Fae and half-Summer Fae. I have no place. Puck said I'll be claimed as Mab's daughter but other than that what will I do?"

"You will do what you've done here; you'll make it work for you." He felt the sudden warmth of her breath as she snorted against his skin. "It's what you have to do to survive."

Boston raised her head to look at him. "Why are you so good to me?"

His face took on a confused look. "Do you want me to be mean to you?"

She shook her head as she moved up the bed to sit beside him. "No, but no one's ever been this nice to me before. I've always been on the outskirts of society because of what I could do. I'm used to being alone, but when I came here, I wasn't because you were there."

"No one should be alone." He watched her smile at him, happiness oozing off her. Now, he really couldn't help himself; he leaned over and kissed her. He felt her still under his touch, which was really disheartening. "Sorry." He whispered against her lips as he moved back.

"Don't be. It's okay. You just caught me off guard is all." She finally tugged the covers up over them and sank down under them, her head on his pillow. She yawned. "I'm going to sleep."

There was nothing he could say to that and soon watched her drift off. Her riot of red curls brought out the white of the pillow and contrasted with the green of the walls. She was just beautiful but that was to be expected of a Fae.

What he couldn't figure out was why someone would say things when they knew she was in the building and liable to hear. Since Kaname had been in the one talking to Puck, it gave him the feeling that Kaname was planning something or had been planning this. Akatsuki didn't want to go against his master, but Boston wasn't certain of everything she could do. It wasn't fair to her.

Tired of thinking too much, he hunkered down under the covers beside her and let sleep take him. Before that happened, he felt Boston take one of his hands in hers and pull it up under her chin. He smiled and let go.