Boston sat in the foyer and stared unseeingly at the man in front of her. He was tall, a little taller than her but shorter than Akatsuki. His hair was dark and his eyes were a swirly silver type. There was a long sword at his side that was smoothly made.

There was something about him that called to her. He had the same features she did; high cheekbones and very pale skin. His hair, which she had noticed at the beginning, was as thick as hers and very tousled as if he had just woken up from a deep slumber that had kept him for a few hours. The greatest thing about him, at least in Boston's mind, was that his ears were pointed. She felt the tips of hers and, to her disappointment, hers were rounded.

He looked at her and smiled softly, something that would incredibly sexy on Akatsuki but looked somewhat endearing on him. "Your ears will come the moment you shed your glamour."

She tilted her head to the left, trying to pull from the air what the hell he was talking about. She got nothing. "What's that?"

"It's what makes our powers our very own. Every Fae has glamour. It just depends on how much you have." Puck said. "Yours is a mixture of Winter and Summer glamour, meaning it's almost unheard of in normal Fae and never has happened in the Courts. You're special, Boston."

She let her head drop just a little. "Tell me something I don't know."

Akatsuki sighed and tousled her hair. "It's all right. Don't worry about it."

"I'd appreciate it if you kept your hands off her."

The blond turned to look at the dark haired man. "We don't even know your name so there is no way I'm going to listen to you."

The new guy looked at Boston and sighed. "My name's Ash. I was the youngest prince in the Winter Court. My mother is Queen Mab."

"You said was, as if not anymore?" Kaname asked. Obviously even the lord of the vampires didn't know what was going on in the land of Faery, which Boston even more nervous.

"No, not anymore. I am now the Royal Consort to the Iron Queen of the Iron Fae."

"So how did you find out about Boston?" Takuma asked. He descended the stairs which meant he had been standing on the landing listening the whole. That alone made the girl sitting beside Akatsuki shiver, something he noticed instantly.

Ash sighed and closed his eyes, leaning back into the cushions. "My mother reached out to me. She said that I needed to come here and find someone for her. Because she has lied to me before, I made her tell me what was going on before I did anything. What she told me made me leave my home and my wife instantly." His gaze slid from the red head in front of him to the man directly behind her. "Why are you here, Robin Goodfellow?"

Puck sighed and ran a nervous hand through his hair. "Your father-in-law sent me."

The other nodded silently. "It seems both the Winter and Summer courts would want her." He looked back at Kaname. "We have to take her."

The vampire lord smiled weirdly. "I'm afraid that's impossible. She is a student here and I don't want to mess up her daily activities."

That made Boston mad. She huffed up, fire catching her green eyes. "If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times; I am not under your rule." A little breeze picked up in the house, catching her hair and forcing it about her head.

Ash and Puck shared an amused look as Akatsuki sighed. Grabbing her chin lightly, he forced her to look at him. "That's enough." Her features softened as she looked at him. He nodded. "Good. Come on." He stood and took her hand.

"Where are you going?" Kaname asked.

"Upstairs. She doesn't need this right now." Without a word, he led her up the stairs and closed the door to his room.

"Are they intimate?" Ash asked.

It was silent.

"Yes, they are." Takuma said. "I'm not sure if they've done anything, but there's definitely something going on."

Ash nodded. "What do you think I should do? I was supposed to take her back with me at all costs so she could meet our mother. Now that I see she has a lover in her life, I'm almost wary to take her."

"Why? Because she's your sister?" Kaname asked.

"Because she's in love with someone other than her own race."

Puck sank down in the chair. "Just like you were."

He nodded. "Just like I was. You saw how that ended, Puck. Meghan and I were separated for a long while and it took a toll on me to get back to her. I don't want anyone else to go through that. It's painful and it sucks, as you would put it, and no one deserves to go through that. Including you, Puck."

The Summer Fae looked at the Winter Fae with pain and understanding. Something had obviously happened between the two of them and it left a lasting impression.

"So what's your plan now, Ash?" Hanabusa asked. He had also been listening to what had been going on, especially on the case of Akatsuki and Boston.

"I don't know. I can't take her back. Not like this. Emotions will kill her in the Winter Court. Either she falls out of love with Akatsuki on her own or she falls in love with a Fae. Those are the only choices."

"Nothing else?"

"Nothing else."

"I guess that leaves one thing." Puck mumbled. He stood and made his way to the stairs.

"Puck, leave my sister alone."

The Summer Fae brushed off the command and went upstairs anyway. He followed the feeling of glamour to a room where it was saturated. Obviously Boston spent a lot of time in this room. The door was slightly cracked so he peaked in just to make sure everything was all right.

He looked around the corner and saw something else that made his blood boil. They were sitting on the edge of his bed talking quietly, obviously because there were others with incredible hearing just downstairs. It was something Puck was used to because of where he lived but this was different.

As he was watching, Akatsuki ran a hand through his hair. "Do you want to go?"

Boston looked downright troubled. "I don't know. I can sense he's telling the truth; that he is my brother but I don't know. I mean I want to get to know my real family but it also means I have to leave the place that I have called home and people I call my friends. I don't know if I can do that."

"It might be something you have to do. Can you live with the fact that your brother is here and offering to take you to the place you were born?"

"Akatsuki, I've only known about my parents in this world. I don't know if I can handle another set of parents. It's just not me. I don't even like my stepmother. The crazy women sent me here after she figured out I was doing crazy stuff with the wind. Well, that's what she liked to call it." She ran a hand through her hair and groaned. "I don't know."

"Do you think there's a way I could go with you?"

"Doubtful. If you went that meant Kaname would know where the passages are. I don't want that to happen. I don't know what he would do but that would suck if he did something to them."

Puck heard Akatsuki making tsking sound. "He shouldn't do anything."

"When he told me he wanted me to figure out what I was, it clued me in that he wanted to do something to the Fae. I don't know what, but my gut I telling m not to tell him anything about Faeryland."

"What do you want me to do?"

"I'm not sure there is anything you can do."

"I can help you."

"How? You can't tell Kaname what to do. He won't listen to anyone other than…." A sudden thought literally lit her face.

"What?"

"There's one person Kaname will listen to." She jumped off the bed and headed for the door, knocking Puck over in the process. "Sorry, Puck, but you shouldn't eavesdrop like that."

"Where is she going?" Puck asked when Akatsuki came out the door a few seconds later.

"She's going to Yuki, which might get her in trouble." The blond replied.

"How will that get her in trouble?"

"Yuki is Kaname's lover."

Puck blanched. By the time he got downstairs, Kaname had a hold of Boston. She was glaring daggers at him.

"I said you're not leaving the dorm." He said.

"And I said you're not my boss so let go." Boston retorted.

Kaname jerked her hard, bringing Ash to his feet with his sword ready to slash him to bits. "I'm the law in this dorm."

Boston was angry; so angry that a gust of air blew through the room. It wasn't just air; it was chilled air. She grabbed his wrist and held on as ice formed on his sleeve. Kaname stared down in shock at the glistening crystals then back up at the woman who had formed them.

"I said let go." She jerked her wrist away from him, sending ice all over the place. While everyone was staring in shock, she took off out the door.

"The blending of Winter and Summer glamour." Ash said.

"Reminds you of good times, doesn't it?" Puck asked as he leaned over the railing of the landing.

"Yes, it does."

"Akatsuki," Kaname said, "Go after her."

The fire man didn't waste any time as he jumped the railing and went out the door. Kaname didn't say to bring her back.