Disclaimer: Lost Girl belongs to Showcase or SYFY and I am only playing in their universe.
A/N: Everything is made up here from the companies to the trial system - just went with it. Huge thank you to the readers, reviewers and followers – your support of the story is greatly appreciated.
"Elders of the fae, most distinguished council, I have just been told that the mutant Lauren Lewis has attacked her transport bringing her to this trial. She is on the run and we are all in danger." There was an audible gasp from the full audience of fae in the chamber room. The place was like a circus and Evony was the perfect ringmaster.
The circular room was surrounded by wooden benches which had been filled by every type of fae imaginable. Two tables sat on a round center floor. They faced a lower set of benches that held the council. Evony looked around the room then at the faces of the council. Most had just arrived themselves, some of them looking ill while others appeared to be sweating profusely. The moon had yet to rise but what was a minute or two if all the characters were in place for the little performance. The former Morrigan, shouted over the den of voices, "The members of the fae community, and men I considered family, so cruelly cut down by this lowly human mutant are just the latest in the list of her victims."
"Victims, my ass," yelled Kenzi as she sat in the area right behind Trick. "Redcap mercenaries do not qualify as victims." Hale was trying to keep the druid quiet and failing miserably. Trick was rapidly scanning through books on the defense table as Dyson was explaining exactly what had happened. The defense area looked to be in total chaos. The attack on Lauren outside the shack had them crazed with worry. They didn't help their cause any when they had stormed into the chamber more than a little out of control. The only saving grace was that Bruce had arrived in time to grab Bo before she killed Evony.
He had the succubus outside and somehow was keeping her under control. Bo had been on the edge when she reached the chamber. Evony had looked at her and said something to the effect that the filthy mutant would be learning her lesson soon. The next thing everyone knew was Evony was flat on her back and Bo was pulling the life out of her. If the ogre had not been there the former Morrigan would be dead now.
Evony looked at the frazzled group of defenders and smiled, "You saw the succubus moments ago and her attack on me. After only a few days in the clutches of that mutant freak and away from her loving father, my friend the Wanderer, she is on the verge of relapsing to a primitive state. Falling from one of the most powerful of our kind to nothing more than a pitiful underfae." There was a mummer in the courtroom, not all of them in agreement with what the woman had just said.
Evony continued oblivious to anything but her plan, "I say you rule now, good members of the council, you rule to kill Lauren Lewis on sight, protecting the good citizens of the fae community. Return Bo the succubus to her father and his tender care…" There was more loud conversation around the hall and one of the council began banging his gavel. Loudly he started to call for the question, the slimy old dark fae smiling at Evony knowingly. The woman was on such a roll that you could almost hear theme music playing behind her.
A single set of hands clapping broke the pandemonium. They echoed through the chamber overwhelming anything else that might be happening. "Do I have your attention?" The true Morrigan of the Dark Fae said and his power bounce everywhere.
Kenzi yelled a "Can I get an Amen!" and Vex turned and winked at her.
The man walked up to Evony, "Very nice, did you work on your little speech in front of the mirror?" Vex looked to be good as new. There were no visible bruises and his leg was totally healed. The Morrigan, for as good as he looked, was not a happy man and everyone knew it. Tamsin was not at his side but there was little doubt that she was nearby.
There was a banging of a gavel and the old man on the council, "Vex my boy, I have called for the question you need to step down and let me finish this."
"Funny that, calling for the question and all." Snarled Vex, "Being that the time for the trial hasn't even started yet and no charges have read, no defense has been given. That would be breaking how many of our laws? You being a council member and all should know that. One might think that you and Evony have been…collaborating… about this. I hear she is very good at collaboration." The whole place broke out in cat calls and yells. The slimy old man smiled a toothless grin. "I mean her getting to be Morrigan again and all when you convict the doctor tonight. Who knows what she might promise someone in return ..."
"How dare you." stammered Evony. "When I am Morrigan I will…"
Cutting the woman off, Vex sneered, "But you are not Morrigan now and you have no place addressing the council any more so shove off. As your Morrigan, I say you go sit your ass down and keep your mouth shut until I find a way to deal with you." The "whoop, whoop" from Kenzi brought another wink from Vex and a wicked smile in the girl's direction.
The man on the council said, "Vex, my boy, why are you fighting this. The woman is light fae…"
Vex grinned at the old man, "Then why would you agree to let Evony back as Morrigan when Dr. Lewis is found guilty. I mean if it is only light fae business?" The man sat back he had no reply.
A spear of flame shot into the chamber and hit the center of the room. A voice called, "The moon rises and the trial of Lauren Lewis begins." Stepping out from the wall a fae almost the same color and texture of the worn wood of the building itself cleared his throat and in a deep rolling voice said, "Lauren Lewis you have been called. Step forward to hear the charges brought against you."
The crowd went rigid with anticipation to see if the doctor would truly show up. If the accused did not appear when called to face the charges they were immediately found guilty. Evony had claimed that Lauren had run off after killing her escort.
There was silence and no one moved then the sounds of confident footsteps caused every head to turn. Lauren walked into the chamber and to the middle of the floor. There was a bruise, hot and fresh on her cheek, but she stood tall and defiant. "I am Lauren Lewis. What are the charges?"
"Oh thank god," yelled an emotion filled Kenzi and it echoed through the room. Hale dropped his head and gave up. The little druid's words set off an explosion of sound and activity. The council members were all banging gavel and yelling for order. The prosecution table was now in chaos seeming surprised to see the woman. Vex shook hands with Trick as they smiled at their first win of the day. Lauren had made it to the trial alive.
A hand fell on the siren's slumped shoulder. Praying it was Dyson to take over protection duty of the outspoken human. Hale looked back, jumped and groaned at his continued bad luck, "Are you okay? Going to try to kill anyone else?" he hissed fearing his babysitting duty had just become that much harder.
"No, I've got this. I need to be close." Bo said and moved in to sit with Kenzi who grabbed Bo's hand and squeezed. It was only as a favor to the Ash that Kenzi was allowed into the trial. Drawing the attention of the council was not a good idea but the girl couldn't help it. Letting Bo watch Kenzi was like adding gas to a fire. A bad idea on so many levels, but Hale was surprised to see they had a calming effect on one another. The two friends sat and watched as Lauren stood in the middle of the storm. She showed more poise and grace than anyone else in the room. Lauren turned and met Bo's eyes she smiled but couldn't hide the fear in her eyes from her champion.
When Lauren had been taken outside the shack, the rest of the group lost it but Bo went primal. They had travelled to the find Trick as fast as they could as Kenzi tried to help Bo calm down. Bruce showed up in a panic just after the SUV from the shack arrived. He was looking for Hilde and just happened to hear Evony's stupid comment and reacted in time to pull Bo off woman and get the succubus outside before she was charged with murder.
She started to fight him but a flash of red eyes in her head told her that he was never to be harmed. Bo roared in frustration and slammed her fists into the wall until chunks were flying. Several nosy onlookers let out little shrieks and ran away at the display. Bo switched to pacing and counting to five hundred to calm down. "Bruce," she said with fiery blue eyes and the succubus thick in her voice, "I will take out every member of the council till I find her and so help me if she is…" She did not get the rest out as she was spun into a firm embrace and hard kiss.
"It's okay Bo, it's okay." Lauren said and kissed her again and again until Bo started to return the embrace. Bruce pulled Hilde into a firm hug too. He was more than relieved to find Hilde safe and have someone a little tougher there to handle the pissed off succubus.
Pulling back Bo saw the bruise on Lauren face. Her eyes exploded with blue electricity. "I will kill them."
"No, you won't." said Lauren and she brushed some hair away from Bo's face. Hilde mumbled something about she wasn't allowed to hurt them either and Lauren pressed her face into Bo's shoulder to keep from laughing due to stress. She looked up and said, "Bo, I need you to be calm here, it was the Wanderer behind this."
"Did he hit you?" snarled Bo low and dangerous.
Lauren reached up and touched her face then reached for Bo's face, "I can't be sure, but…" Bo tried to pull away but Lauren held tight. "He will be trying something again and it is not just me that he wants. You need to be protected too." Before there could more conversation a sizzling sound slashed through the air.
Hilde sighed, "You must enter the chamber daughter. Go quickly." Lauren ran for the building and Bruce followed her as a body guard. Grabbing Bo, Hilde said quietly, "Be ready child, the attack on Lauren was a cowardly but deadly attempt on her life. They tried to rip her powers away. That is a vile cruel act and a capital offence in its own right. I will do what I can to control the politics, but you will have to be her champion and protector tonight. There is no question of that. The trial is one thing but the battle will be another." Bo nodded and placed a hand over Hilde's. The women began walking toward the chamber. Hilde stopped them again, the hag's red eyes blazing as bright as Bo's blues, "and Bo if they push it and harm her in any way I say we kill them all." The hag walked off and Bo watched her go. The succubus felt her blood begin to sing.
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"Order in the chamber, Order in the chamber," the fae in charge of the chamber had never seen the place so out of control. His booming voice had no effect and he looked around helpless. Bruce felt a tap on his leg and Hilde nodded her head for the big man to go help him. The ogre smiled and stood, walking to the helpless fae and offered his hand in greeting. After a moment of discussion, the chamber fae nodded and stepped to Lauren, he bowed his head in greeting and she did the same. He escorted her to the side. The noise was growing as Bruce walked to a gaudy art piece, a metal sculpture showing the fae community or something. There was a large hammer in the hand of one of the characters. Bruce put his hand on it and turned to look at the room. Gavels pounded and shouts poured in from all areas, he figured something drastic had to be done.
With his big hands he ripped the solid steel hammer off the sculpture. With a mighty yell he swung it in the air and then slammed it to the floor. The crash was deafening, the sounds of the room faltered, Again Bruce swung the big hammer hitting the floor. It splintered and cracked, He swung again and again unto the floor was a mess of broken wood and cracked stone. The chamber was silent with shock. With a smile and a bow to the fae in charge Bruce walked to his seat.
"Will you kindly take your seats and regain your composure. This is a chamber of law not a sports stadium." said the fae in charge of the chamber. He snapped his fingers and thousands of small furry puff balls rolled across the floor removing the damage and leaving only the cracked cement that went straight to the ground below. The fae of the chamber with his deep voice said, "I would like to thank Dr. Lewis for her control. She is the only one in the whole place who showed any restraint. That says something in my book." He ended with a huff and then led the doctor to the middle of the floor again.
With an apologetic look at the doctor he cleared his throat, "Lauren Lewis you are charged with crimes most grievous. You are charged with knowingly and willfully turned against the fae breaking your vow of servitude. You are charged with knowingly and willfully providing information to a human to help kill members of the fae community. You are charged with knowingly and willfully experimented on humans to given them fae abilities to harm the fae community. These charges are of the highest level and are punishable by death if convicted. Have you heard the charges placed against you?
Lauren almost couldn't speak but she finally said, "Yes." There was a break in her voice. Bo pulled in her breath. It was something about the way Lauren was standing. She looked defeated. A horrible thought occurred to Bo. Lauren wouldn't give up like that would she? Lauren was not going to plead guilty to the charges?
The fae said, "And how do you …" Lauren looked at Bo and a tear was running down her face. Bo mouthed the word "No" Lauren turned her head then looked back at Bo with a silent "I'm sorry." Kenzi grabbed Bo with two hands figuring out what Lauren was going to do as well, "plead?" the fae finished.
"I plead…" was all Lauren got out when Trick yelled. "Defense objects to the charges and we demand that they be dropped. "
The crowd erupted again, Bo fell back into her chair in relief, Lauren was so startled by the interruption that she didn't finish her sentence and Vex just laughed at the bedlam. The fae in charge of the chamber looked like he might cry. Bruce stood and picked up the hammer and walked to the middle of the floor. With every step the big man took the room became quieter. He took up a position behind the smaller fae and Lauren eyeing the crowd.
A voice spoke in the quiet, "You cannot object to the charges Ash of the Light." The pompous voice made Bo's hair stand on end. A black mist drifted in and the Wanderer took his place at the prosecutor's table. The council turned and many of them nodded at the man in relief. "I have been assigned to speak for the fae community in this matter and I say we hear the accused's plea." He shot a look a Bo and smiled with confidence. He must have been lurking and seen the exchange between the two women. He knew that Lauren was about to plead guilty to the charges.
"Dr. Lewis," Lauren's name on his tongue was just wrong, "How do you plead?" sneered the man.
"I plead…" said Lauren looking pale, almost ill.
"The man asking the question, by the way nice of you to finally show up, and half the council are criminals and therefore the trial is a wash." broke in Vex who had just popped his feet up on the desk. The goth's voice once again stopping Lauren's words not allowing her answer. The stress of the situation was written all over her face. Two times she had found the will to speak the words to sacrifice herself for her loved ones and both times she was blocked.
The crowd started up again but Bruce slammed the head of the hammer on the floor and silence fell. Hilde smiled at the ogre and he raised an eyebrow and grinned back.
"Well, I mean really." scoffed the dark mage in disgust. "There is always a bit of cross talk between the two sides down on the floor but members of the council is this a joke of some sort? You must not allow a member of the defense team to slander you. I am ashamed for him and apologize in his stead."
Vex snorted with laughter, "Hey Kenzi you ever heard a better bullshitter in your life?" Kenzi went to answer but Bo put a hand over her mouth. Vex laughed again. "I'll tell you what. As Morrigan of the Dark I hold a bit of power. According to the law if a fae leader feels that something on the council is hinky he can investigate." Vex motioned to Trick.
Trick cleared his throat, "In the trial of Fritha the Huldra , two member of the council brought the huldra to trial on charges of treason to cover their vicious attacks on her person. They charged her so that she could not speak of their crimes. The ash at the time, a Mesmer, called for an accounting of the council and justice was served." With a nod from the Ash, Vex stood and held his hand out at the council. He laced his voice with power, "If you were doing something illegal, a how'd you put it, a grievous crime, before you entered this chamber stand and leave this room."
All but four of the twenty-one council members stood and walked out of the room. Vex howled in laughter. It was a good ten minutes before things quieted down in the chamber after that. Bruce didn't even try to get the crowd's attention.
When Trick learned that Lauren had been taken, he figured the Wanderer had something to do with it and when so many of the council members arrived just as the trial began. Trick had the idea most of them had been involved somehow. The Ash smiled and watched the Wanderer scowl deeply as his influence with the council walked right out the door.
After things settled the fae in charge of the chamber stood to speak but was interrupted by the Wanderer. He was not on the council and Vex's call had not affected him. "Fae law states that if a full council is not available for trial the fae in question shall be imprisoned until a full council can be convened." The dark mage turned to the crowd with arms extended, "I am shocked by the actions of our council members and bow to the power of the Morrigan and his great wisdom." Vex flipped him the bird. Kenzi's grabbed Bo's hand so she could not join in.
"Dr. Lewis will now have to be remanded to fae prison until seventeen council members can be replaced." The mock concern in the Wanderer's voice turned Bo's stomach. "The law clearly states that the place of internment be left up to the prosecution. I feel the fae community would be best served by Dr. Lewis's placement in the dark fae prison system. Too many friends over on the light side." The Wanderer grinned in satisfaction beating Vex and Trick at their own game. He chuckled darkly as he walked to the prosecution's table and took a seat.
The two fae leaders looked at one another but said nothing. Kenzi almost cried out as Bo grip on her hand became vice like. "This was it, was Lauren going to dark fae prison to wait for who knows how long." Bo thought. There was a clearing of a throat and the fae in charge of the chamber stepped forward. He looked at Lauren with remorse, "That is the law as stated, in lieu of a member of royalty stepping in to oversee the trial; Dr. Lewis is remanded to Dark Fae Prison until such time …"
"I am royalty." a crackling voice spoke from the side of the room. A simple figure dressed in black stepped forward.
The Wanderer rolled his eyes in disbelief. "The little underfae means of the First Blood royalty. Not queen of the hags of Middleville or something like that." The Wanderer waved his hand out to shoo away the woman and turned his back starting to clear the table.
"Oh I am well aware of what Thoth, son of Maat, overseer of justice and balance, master of the council chamber means. I would refrain from calling him or any other fae something under in my presence again." The clarity of her voice snapped like electricity just spoke. The air of the whole chamber dried and the people stilled as if they were prey in the presence of a mighty predator.
Thoth, the fae of the chamber, dropped to a knee and when he looked up his eyes flashed white. He said, "My lady and my friend. It has been a very long time since I have heard my title. Thank you." The Wanderer spun around. When he did not immediately kneel, Thoth hissed something and the man was slammed to the ground. Hilde smiled and placed a hand on the small fae's shoulder.
"I am glad to see you remember your power now. You are not now or ever have been an under anything my friend." Hilde grinned. "I will be over seeing the trial. Dr. Lewis will not be going anywhere." Her words echoed in the large room and it was as if she had whispered in the ear of every person in attendance. She shuffled towards the council row and the four remaining council members bowed low. Hilde greeted them warmly and then they walked off heads held high. When Hilde was seated, Thoth released the Wanderer who struggled to his feet wiping his now bloody nose on his sleeve.
Thoth called across the venue and his voice rang deep and strong, "Hildegard the Sorrow, daughter of Abelard the Grand graces us with her knowledge and wisdom. My lady this is your court and follows your wishes."
Hilde snapped, "Read the second charge."
"My Lady," oozed the Wanderer bowing deeply, "If it please the court we have not heard the plea of the defendant to the charges. If she is guilty then there is no need for a…" Hilde raised an eyebrow and Thoth stepped forward. The Wanderer stopped talking.
"If I felt there was a need to hear the woman's plea I would ask for it. There is no such need here. The truth of these matters will be found out. I will hear evidence in the worst of the offences. Read the second charge….now." the words crackled.
The Wanderer narrowed his eyes and began, "Lauren Lewis, you are charged with knowingly and willfully provided information to a human to help kill members of the fae community." The man bowed to hag again changing up his tactics. Lauren tried to control her breathing. The trial was truly beginning. She looked at Hilde, gone was the woman who called her daughter replaced by an icy faced powerful fae.
"You knew Dr. Isaac Taft didn't you?" asked the Wanderer.
"Yes," Lauren replied.
"Yes, yes you did. In fact you worked for him didn't you." the Wanderer said tossing an ID badge with Lauren's picture on the floor in front of her. "You left the Light Fae medical center to join him at his compound to do some type of research on saving humans. You broke your vow of servitude in the process." Seeing Hilde's eyes flash he said quickly, "Something we will address later."
"Yes, I took a leave of absence to work with him to research new techniques to cure various human diseases." said Lauren.
"And how many fae did you help him kill in the name of research doctor? The police report starts at twenty but if I'm not mistaken the number topped off near seventy." There was a muttering in the room but it ended when Lauren spoke.
"I did not know about any of that when I joined him. It wasn't until I refused the doctor a request that I was made aware of the man's treachery. I swear." said Lauren. Bo was relieved that Lauren was at least standing up for herself. "He somehow tapped into my computer, copied my research but I never knew."
"Oh yes," said the Wanderer with a tsking sound, "We believe you Dr. Lewis. The top medical specialist for the fae, a truly brilliant mind, has no clue that the man she was becoming romantically involved with, and working for was stealing her findings."
"I never had a relationship with that man." yelled Lauren, "We went to one stupid award ceremony together and no I had no idea that he had accessed my work."
There was silence in the court. "Hum," said the Wanderer, "okay." The man slammed down a ream of paper. "Here is the printed history of your computer use. There are thousands of exchanges between your computer and an IP address associated with Dr. Taft found here. Many facts about fae species were shared in those exchanges." The man flipped through the pages. "So much information about the fae given straight to the man bent on our destruction." There was a strong rumble of voices around the room.
The Wanderer let a solemn look cast over his face. "These are the names and personal histories of the murdered fae," he held up a large amount of files and slammed them on his table. "Every dead fae species found could be matched up with a shared document from your computer. Cabbit, wolf shifter, succubus, warlock…do I need to list all seventy? I think that is just a bit too much of a coincidence to ignore don't you. You provided all the background information to Taft so he knew just what he had to do to find them and kill them. It's all in black and white." The Wanderer grinned and then nodded at the bench.
"No, I didn't do that." Said Lauren she was almost in tears. She looked at Bo who was struggling not to run to her and give her some type of comfort.
Hilde spoke up, "Defense." Her voice was emotionless and hard.
Trick stood, "My Lady," he bowed. "May I see the computer print outs." Hilde nodded and the Wanderer smiled thinly and handed them over. As Trick expected the print was triple spaced and the margins were greatly enhanced. The man was a sneaky bastard. What would have been about fifty sheet of paper looked like a phone book. The dark mage was ready to be called on it. Trick let it pass.
"Taft was a powerful man?" Trick asked
Lauren looked at him and replied, "Yes he was."
"How was he powerful?" asked Trick. Then he explained himself, "Powerful for a human is different than powerful for a fae."
"He was rich and intelligent. He owned and ran a large corporation, Taft International, which covered all areas of business, research and technology." said the doctor. Bo watched her swallow hard. Talking about the man was hard for Lauren.
"When you said he ran them, what did you mean?" asked Trick.
"I meant he was actively in charge of the daily running of the business." said Lauren
"How actively in charge was he?" Trick asked.
"Nothing happened without his approval. He was the equivalent of an Ash or Morrigan on a business level." said Lauren finally getting at what Trick was after. The crowd murmured their understanding.
"He would have the power to gather, look at, use any of the things or information at his various businesses." Said Trick
"Yes, he would have access to it all." said Lauren. Her mind was racing, what was Trick talking about. Bo saw Lauren's brow furrow thinking about what the ash was saying.
The Wanderer cleared his throat, "I think that we have established that our killer was powerful and had access to the things his business owned. Can we get on with it?" Hilde sat up but Trick bowed to the Wanderer.
"Thank you for your input." Said Trick with a smile. Turning to Lauren he said. "How was patient information recorded at the fae medical center when you were working there?"
Lauren started listing off the basic charting at the bed side to lab work. Trick held up a hand. "So everything, even the smallest detail was entered on a hospital computer."
"Yes." Lauren said sounding confused.
"Dyson, how is information recorded at the police station." Yelled Trick
"On computer, my Ash." Answer Dyson from the side of the room.
"Vex, Morrigan of the Dark, how are money matters entered at fae clubs and restaurants around town?"
"On computers." Said Vex sounding board.
"Yes, yes your … majesty," the dark mage settled on that form of address. "Information is recorded on computers. This gentleman is stalling, he has nothing to add. Can we just call for the question now and be done with…" The ash walked the large stack of printed paper back to the Wanderer and slammed the paper down on the table in front of the dark mage.
Ripping the top inch off the stack he walked the papers to Lauren, "Read the last line of every page." Lauren read the first several pages then looked at Trick confused. Clearing his throat Trick said, "Please read the line aloud for the court."
Lauren tried once and her voice failed, she straightened stance and then read in a loud clear voice, "The last printed line on each page reads, ICEBLOCK digital security." There was silence in the room.
Trick held up the police report and yelled, "ICEBLOCK digital security," grabbing the files on the murdered fae, he yelled, "ICEBLOCK digital security." He walked to the stands and seized a printed daily agenda from the hands of one of the audience members, held it up and yelled, "ICEBLOCK digital security," handing the paper back, the Ash walked to the defense table and clicked a remote. A screen lit up with the all too familiar company commercial, the crowd moaned as the penguin and polar bear danced around a computer to a horribly catchy jingle. "Listen," yelled Trick. The commercial closed, "and remember ICEBLOCK digital security is a proud member of the Taft International family." The Wanderer grabbed the pages in front of him and started flipping.
Trick snarled. "Taft International is the corporation that the murderer owned, ICEBLOCK owned by Taft had access to every piece of data we typed into our systems, even the Wanderer agreed, Taft had the rights to that information at any time." Spinning to address the crowd, Trick spoke with controlled aggression. "I remember that the council was thrilled to get such a good price on this great program. Tried to get me to put it in the Dahl but I didn't have any computers. Virtually every fae business or service provider got in on this great deal. They bragged about duping the human out of millions of dollars in software rights. We, the fae, entrusted a murderer with every piece of digital data we recorded for ten years. Financial information, medical information, criminal information, all of it. Our leaders were so happy to pull one over on the human they never questioned why one so savvy in the human business world would be so gullible on this deal. Their arrogance and greed only cost us seventy lives in the long run." Trick roared.
Lauren asked Trick, "What about the information files, the thousands of IP connections? The connection to the murdered fae?" Bo had to bump Kenzi as she groaned at Lauren's question.
"Yes what about those files?" The Wanderer snarled from this desk, not missing an opportunity.
Trick smiled and grabbed doctor's shaking hands. It was the first time Bo realized that Lauren truly had felt herself in some way guilty of helping Taft murder those fae, whether she had been actively involved or not. Trick smiled, "Lauren every single time you turned on your computer the security software connected your computer to Taft's network. A basic fae medical encyclopedia on all hospital computers, including the one in your home, was the source of the information he retrieved on each fae species. Your personal calendar was the program Taft tapped most often. The man was cyber stalking you for two years before he ever met you. You did not provide him any assistance at all. The only person your computer information put in danger was you. He was watching your every move.
"The question?" Thoth asked quietly. Hilde nodded going old school without a council. The small fae stepped to the center of the floor, "How say you good fae? Stand and face front in support or stand and turn your back to shun. There was a mass shuffle of bodies. Lauren's hand moved to her mouth as almost every face looked her way in a mass show of support.
"The wisdom of the fae rule the accused innocent of the charge." growled Hilde. Silently she cheered and thought, "Two more to go my daughter."