Later on that day, Tamlin was telling everyone about my baby, I decided to trap a suriel. I gathered everything I needed and started to walk out of the manor, Lucien stopped me. "Where do you think you are going?" he asked me. "I'm going to the silver lake." I lied. He didn't seem to believe me. "I'm sorry, since when are you my keeper?" I asked him. "Since you're pregnant." He replied. "Get out of my way; I'm pregnant, not defenseless." I growled and moved past him. "Don't make me get tam." He growled in response. "Fine, I'll be back in a couple hours." I winnowed to the forest where I had caught the suriel before. I didn't care if Tamlin came to get me, if he did, at least I could find out what I needed to know. i laid the robe at the base of the tree, Alis had told me what seemed like forever ago, that if I offered up a new robe he would grovel at my feet. She was right. In a matter of seconds the creature was in front of me, smiling.
"So you decided to capture me with objects instead of the barbaric way. I knew I liked you." The suriel grinned broadly. "I have a few questions." I started, but was interrupted. "You can. There is said to be a way." He answered my question vaguely. I fought the urge to roll my eyes, "tell me how I can," "get rid of a baby?" he finished my question for me. I nodded. "What would the high lord say if he found out about this conversation?" he tsked. I sucked in a breath, "just tell me." I snarled, my patience wearing thin. "There is a way, if you make a potion out of the Viker root with drop of Nelum. But Nelum is so rare you'd be too pregnant to get it by the time you found it." "Tell me what it's called and where it's found." I said. I had heard of the Viker root, but Nelum… I have no idea. The Suriel laughed, "Nelum is found in the blood of faeries, more known in the blood of the faeires in the spring court. But, it was harvested for its abilities and now the only living faerie with Nelum is the high lord of the spring court."