A/N: As always everyone thank you for following this story and adding it to your favorites. It means a ton to me and inspires me to write more than this fanfic, once this one is done of course. Thanks a million to all that write reviews. I love to hear how everyone thinks and feels about this story so please keep them coming. This chapter we get another flashback and finally see how Kenzi turned half fae. Evony also reveals some shocking information. Everything will play out as the story goes on, as you can tell by now everything will tie in nicely as it continues.
5 MONTHS AGO
Kenzi took the car as far as she could to the beginning of the woods. She was looking at the directions Mossimo had sent to her phone. It was hard to tell but she was pretty sure they were headed in the right direction. Bruce had been with her the past ten days. They were the worst ten days she ever had they never stayed in the same place longer than an hour. After all Kenzi was still being hunted by the Morrigan and almost every other fae light and dark alike. They would hide in abandon buildings while they ate and would be on the move again. If anyone was following them they would have a tough time catching up.
The tiny goth stared ahead looking at the trees that seemed to fall into each other making the woods look even darker then it was. "Of course it had to be in the woods. Nothing bad ever happens in the woods." She looked at Bruce who didn't seem concerned at all. "I take it you never saw Blair Witch?"
Bruce smiled at Kenzi, "I won't let anything happen to you Kenz, but I still think this is bad news."
"Well if you know another way to make me fae I'm all ears. Not trotting to the dark woods would definitely be a first choice. Probably going to run into the big bad wolf, I was already Hansel and Gretel with Baba Yaga." She cautiously walked around the trees as she spoke to Bruce whipping her head back and forth to every little sound.
Bruce found her to be so humorous. Here she was determined to see the druid and yet she was scared to death. "Kenzi I think you are fine how you are human and all."
It touched Kenzi that such a big strong fae would compliment her like that but she knew she had to do it. "I think I'm pretty spectacular myself but now I have to be fae-tacular. I can't help my friends as a human."
All he could do was shrug. He spent the entire time in the car trying to convince Kenzi that she was fine how she was. He decided to give up trying and just protect her instead. Bruce heard of Mossimo before he knew he was bad news. There was no way he was trusting Kenzi alone with that particular druid.
"You finally came." Mossimo came out from behind one of the trees.
Kenzi screamed and almost jumped into Bruce's arms. She turned to Mossimo, "How creepy can you be? You don't just jump out from behind a tree and start talking."
Mossimo pointed to a clearing in the woods. "You need to go lay down over there. Your friend is going to have to stay here if you want this to work."
Bruce stepped forward, "No way am I leaving Kenzi." He wasn't asking the druid he was telling him.
The druid crossed his arms he looked at Bruce while he spoke to Kenzi. "Sorry kid this isn't going to happen then. Shame you wasted my time."
This definitely was not how she was hoping this was going to go down. She turned to Bruce, "Look dude I get wanting to protect me but from here you still will be able to see me. I came here for this. It's not like he can do a virgin sacrifice that ship sailed a longgg time ago Brucey." She tapped his arm as she started walking towards the big clearing. Putting on a brave face was easy for Kenzi but she didn't like the look of the sacrificial ground at all. As she walked there she just kept telling herself that her friends needed her to be strong. That even as a human she was going to help Bo fight her mom, she fought the Garuda, she was kidnapped by the Kitsune, and through it she survived. Hell, she even escaped the Morrigan only hours ago, this was just one more thing for her to do, her last act as a human. This time in particular she needed to be fae nothing human would help her friends.
The big bodyguard stood there as he watched the small goth walk into the clearing. He expressed how much he didn't like this from the start and now watching her walk away from him it made him very uneasy. It was true he was still able to see her but he wasn't right next to her. If something was to happen he'd have to make a run for her. He looked around seeing all the ways he could make a B line to her if need be.
Mossimo walked behind Kenzi and reached out to grab her arm. "This is the place."
She looked around and there was a huge empty space in the middle of the woods. "Dude I saw this in The Signs and you know what not a good sign at all."
The druid shook his head he had no idea what she was talking about. "It's special ground. In order to turn you fae you need to lay on your back with your arms crossed across your chest. I have to put a ring of fire around you, there is also a special stone that you have to hold onto, and of course there is the chanting that needs to be done. It's a small procedure and you will feel some changes go through your body but once it is done you will no longer be human."
Kenzi looked at the spot. "Great, I was hoping there would be fire. That's a relief." Her nerves were getting the best of her. She wasn't counting on laying on her back, chanting or fires. She was hoping there was some special pill she could take and by the time she got back to the Dal she'd be fae. As she sat on the cold ground she looked up at the druid, "What fae will I be, because it better be fae-tastic?"
He gave a sort of half smile at the goth. "Whatever the fae gods feel is fit for you. Since you were not born fae this goes against the rules. The fae you will be is what they feel you are fit to become. That is out of my control."
With that she laid back on the ground crossing her arms. The druid came over and put a medium size flat circular stone on her abdomen. She lifted up, "I thought it was going to be small that is keeping me pinned down."
He kneeled beside her, "Do you want to do this or not?"
She grumbled something he didn't hear as she laid back down. Mossimo stood up and went over to a tree pulling a bag out from behind it. He took out a few containers looking at each one. There was one with a red powder in it and that seemed to be the one he was looking for. He got up and walked over to her again as he started to pour the red powder in a large circle around her. When the circle was complete he went back to the bag and grabbed out a large book. Looking down at her the druid stayed calm, "Are you ready?"
"I'm laying on the freezing cold ground with a large stone holding me down surrounded by something that was once blood. Just another Monday for me, go for it dude." Kenzi was going to give the thumbs up but she didn't want to knock the stone off. She had no idea if he was allowed to cross back over the red powder.
"Kenzi this is important, when I start this you cannot move and you cannot open your eyes," he glanced over at Bruce, "No matter what you hear keep your eyes closed without moving or this can go horribly wrong and you can turn out to be underfae."
She whipped her head towards him but didn't lift off the ground, "YOU TELL ME THIS NOW? START WITH THAT DUDE." He just kept looking at her not making a facial expression. Realizing he was waiting on her she rolled her eyes. Sometimes she had no idea what she got herself into. "Okay just go before Jason Voorhees comes out."
Again not understanding her reference Mossimo just heard the go ahead. He opened the book and started to chant the words. Kenzi couldn't understand them it sounded like some ancient language. As the druid was chanting the clouds started to form above them getting darker and darker. It was almost pitch black till the powder that was surrounding Kenzi went into flames. Following the pattern the powder was put down in. From left to right the flames went up to about six feet high before coming down to about three feet. Where she was laying Kenzi felt the fire start. The warmth felt good since she was pretty cold from the ground. She could still hear the druid chanting but it sounded further away. Mainly all she was able to hear was the winds and the crackling of the fire that was now surrounding her.
No matter what Kenzi made sure she to keep her eyes tightly shut. It was killing her she wanted to open them to see what was happening. Besides the fire and the chanting she didn't feel like anything was different. That's when it happened, she felt like her body was ripping apart on the inside. She wanted to throw herself around or try and get up but she was cemented to the ground. She wasn't able to move at all not even her arms; the pain was excruciating. It felt like her limbs were being pulled from the sockets, muscles and tissue were ripping, and her head felt like it might explode. All she wanted to do was scream but it felt like her lips became sealed shut. If she could open her mouth she would yell in pain and beg Mossimo to stop this.
The druid continued the chanting he knew she was going to die. He has performed this ritual a bunch of times before for weakier fae promising them that they would become stronger fae. They were of course too weak to become a stronger fae and the process always killed them. His plan was to kill the goth. He was sure that would get to Bo and he knew that Tamsin probably wouldn't go through with killing her. It would be a good thing to get in the wanderer's good graces. This was a way to turn someone fae but he knew there wasn't even a small chance for survival.
Bruce could tell something was not right. He was barely able to see Kenzi anymore the fire caused so much smoke around her she was barely visible. He knew he promised Kenzi he would stay there but he also promised to make sure she was okay and right now he wasn't sure that she was. Walking towards the druid slowly he kept squinting towards the fire trying to tell if she was still alive. When he turned to face the druid a vile exploded in front of him and he couldn't see at all before he got a chance to scream his throat was cut. A smaller fae nodded to the druid to continue.
Mossimo smiled, he came prepared, there was 3 dark fae protecting the area. This was the only shot he had at the small girl and he wasn't going to screw it up like the Valkyrie did with the succubus. He kept up the chant there wasn't much more to go. Death should be engulfing her soon.
Kenzi felt herself fading away. The pain became so much she was sure she was going to pass out from that alone. It started to feel like the bones that were left were breaking. She could feel the tears falling past her ears. At this point she was praying she would just die to end this pain. It felt like the fire was dying down and she could swear she heard Hale before she passed out.
When Hale approached the area that Kenzi was in he saw the three fae with Mossimo. His eyes immediately fell on Bruce. It was painful to see but there was nothing that could be done for Bruce now. The siren tried to make out the woman he loved in the flames but it was hard to see through. It was now or never. He used his siren abilities to take out the three dark fae. Hale knew it would alert Mossimo to his presence but he had a feeling he wouldn't stop the chanting. Thankfully he was right he was able to knock the three fae out easily while Mossimo continued to chant.
"You aren't going to be able to chant when I use a supersonic siren to kill you." Hale didn't care if he came across as cocky. There wasn't anything he wouldn't do to save that tiny human.
There was nothing he could say that would stop Mossimo from this. The druid looked to see how much more he had left and there were only two paragraphs he just needed to buy time. It would be a dance between the two of them. The druid would have to just try and avoid the siren's ability. Unfortunately Hale had counted on this and used his ability a step back from Mossimo. The druid stepped right into it dropping the book. Hale wasted no time he was behind him and threw him right into the flames. He heard him screaming but he didn't care. The only thing that was on his mind right now was the woman he loved looked dead. She was completely limp. He gathered her in his arms, "KENZI? KENZI CAN YOU HEAR ME?" He put her back down and listened to her heart beat. It was very slow but it was there. He scooped her up and headed back to his car.
Hale never thought he could run that fast till this moment. The urgency at saving Kenzi made him do things he never thought was possible like taking on three fae and a druid. He opened his back door and gently placed her in it before racing to the driver side of the car. There was no way he was going to take a chance on a crispy druid coming out and attacking them. He slammed the car in reverse and started driving while pulling out his phone to call the Blood King.
Trick answered by the third ring. "Hale thank God we were all worried about you. Did you finally find Kenzi?"
Hale could barely get words out he never felt fear like this not even when they were going to fight the Garuda. "Trick, it's bad, it's really bad. I think she is dying." He took the phone away from his ear as he put it down to catch his own breath. Placing it back by his ear he practically whispered into the phone, "I was always just behind them. Bruce left me clues all the time by the time I got to where they were she was in some kind of séance. There was a ring of fire around her and some circular stone tablet on her. Bruce didn't make it."
He stayed quiet on the other line he heard of something sort of like that and Hale was right it usually did end in death. "Hale you need to get her to where we are and you need to get here as soon as you can. Take back roads and don't get caught by any fae there isn't one who wouldn't take Kenzi from you." Trick let him know the location they were at and went to talk to Seamus hoping he wasn't right about what could have happened to the small human he grew to love.
It took Hale two days to get there. He didn't stop or rest the only time he stopped was to get food, water and check on Kenzi. He would gently lift her head and try to get her to drink some water but she never did. The siren was amazed that she was still alive. Her heart rate was still as slow as it was that day he found her. Hale was just relieved it was still there. When he finally reached where his friends were she was taken from him and rushed away and that is when Trick filled him in on Dyson and Tamsin's condition. Hale went to see his friend in physical therapy.
Kenzi remembered feeling like she was dragged through the pits of hell. Her entire body felt out of place. There was pain all over not one place that she didn't feel it jetting through her body. Trying to open her eyes felt impossible, almost like someone glued them shut. She was about to use her hands to pry her eyelids open but she realized she couldn't move them. As she was coming more around she felt that there was a tube down her throat. Kenzi started to panic and tried as hard as she could to open her eyes. Finally as if they listened to her will they started to slowly open. That's when she saw what looked like a hospital room. There was a ton of machines hooked up to her and there definitely was a tube down her throat. Panic now officially set in and the corner of the room went on fire. Worse she couldn't scream.
LAUREN'S PENTHOUSE – PRESENT
Kenzi sat up in bed screaming the memory of how she turned fae was terrifying. She wasn't too sure if she could do it all over again if she would. Her door ripped opened as Lauren and Bo ran in. She looked at emerald green eyes to piercing blue ones. Then she noticed that they both were wearing tiny sily robes. "Oh my god, ewww, I just hurled in my mouth." She made the vomiting motion.
Lauren and Bo's eyes returned to brown as they realized there was no immediate threat to their smaller friend. Bo walked next to the bed hitting her arm, "You scared the shit out of me."
"Imagine me! I'm terrified both of you busting in here probably had to stop bumping uglies. I just had a nightmare and now I get to wake up to wandersnatch times two." Kenzi pointed to Bo and Lauren.
Lauren started laughing, "Good to see your okay Kenzi. I am going to make us coffee because I still have to leave. I've been trying to do that since I woke up."
Bo smiled as Lauren walked out of the room. Kenzi threw her legs off the bed sitting next to where Bo was standing. "Looks like you kissed and made up. I take thank you's in the form of boots, clothes, food and liquor."
"We made up three times this morning could've been four but you started screaming. Lauren told me what you said to her Kenz. What would I do without you?" Bo hugged her roomie.
"Oh gross dude come on you're like all kinds of naked right now." She sniffed Bo's hair and stuck her tongue out, "You even smell like Lauren. Shower, it's all I can say." She got off the bed and walked towards the kitchen talking over her shoulder to Bo as she followed behind her. "Where is the goddess going?"
Bo caught up to her friend walking beside her. "To talk to Shay I wish I could say I feel bad for her but I don't. She needs to back away from my girlfriend. It feels so good to say that again." They walked into the kitchen and Bo pulled Lauren into a kiss.
"You keep doing this and I am never going to leave." Bo pulled her into another kiss. "Okay I guess I can see you both." With that Bo pulled back away from Lauren. The seethe smirked and lifted her eyebrows, "Is that a no?"
Bo mirrored her with the raised eyebrows. "Was that a real question?"
Kenzi was sitting on a bar stool by the kitchen counter. "Puke, vomit, gross, a ton of rooms in this place and you chose this one to ruin my morning coffee."
Lauren gave Bo a quick kiss as she walked past her. "Of course I was kidding now this time I am showering without you so I can get dressed and go."
Bo sat next to Kenzi and took a sip of her coffee. The hybrid looked around, "Is it too soon in your relationship for us to move in. We can use the crack shack as headquarters for the super fae crew that we are."
Bo tilted her head to the side as if she was thinking about it. "Well technically we were together and then there was the break which apparently it was just a break. Hhhmmmm"
Lauren took a quick shower before getting ready. She wore black leggings with black chunky ankle boots and a fitted three-quarter sleeve button down shirt. However the first button was pretty low down. She hoped Bo wouldn't say anything. It didn't seem there was anything in her closet that wasn't low cut anymore. She grabbed the keys to her bike and walked down the stairs.
Kenzi was still sitting next to Bo. They were eating breakfast as they talked. The hybrid noticed her first. She grabbed onto the counter to steady herself and leaned into Bo. "I just eye raped your girlfriend."
Bo turned around to look at Lauren. As soon as she saw her she got off the stool. "No, just no, this doesn't say hi I'm here to let you know we aren't going to screw anymore. This says please rip my clothes off one more time." Her eyes drifted down to her girlfriend's cleavage.
"You're adorable when you're jealous." She walked over to Bo and put her arms around her pulling her close. The seethe leaned in and kissed the brunette passionately pulling back and letting the chi flow from her to Bo. After a minute she went to pull away but Bo pulled her back so the flow was not interrupted.
After another few minutes Bo was the one to pull away. "Just make sure you remember what's waiting at home for you babe." She lightly bit into her bottom lip gave Lauren a playful smile and went back to her seat. Lauren stood where she was for another minute before she left.
SHAY'S PLACE
Lauren was standing outside her door and thinking what she was going to say to her when she heard the movement from the inside of the apartment. She knew Shay must have sensed her and was coming to the door.
Shay was wearing brown cargo pants with a tight scoop neck long sleeve shirt. "You going to stay out there or you coming in?"
Fragments of her strip tease from the other night played in Lauren's head as she looked at Shay. Even casually dressed the succubus still looked extremely sexy. It was just her she could wear anything and pull it off making it look sexy and seductive. She knew this was the seethe in her. "Yeah, I'm coming in I was about to knock. I need to talk to you." Lauren walked past Shay making sure not to brush against her. She made her choice but no need to tease the inner seethe.
It didn't go unnoticed from Shay. She watched Lauren walk as far from her as she could. "You know we need to talk is never a good sign."
The seethe stopped walking and stood with her back to Shay for a minute before she turned to face her.
Just seeing the look the blonde had on told Shay everything she needed to know. "Ah, so the ex wins huh?" It hurt and she was shocked because she never once cared for anyone other than herself. This was the closest she had to a relationship even though it technically never was one. She found herself really falling for the seethe so this was not what she was hoping to hear. Plus she spent so much time with her she was positive she would out beat the ex.
Lauren stepped towards Shay but stopped in her tracks when she put her hand up towards the blonde. "Shay I am so sorry. I do still care for you but Bo, with Bo, I never stopped. I thought my heart was on the table to win. I didn't realize I gave it to her long ago. You still mean a lot to me and I still would like to have you in my life, if you wanted?" She wanted to ease into this conversation. Shay has done a lot in helping her return to her full potential and she truly did care for the succubus. It caught her off guard when Shay already knew what Lauren was there to tell her. In that moment she knew not to drag it out and hope that they would be able to remain friends.
What Shay really wanted to do was go over to Bo's and kick the ever loving shit out of her. Even if she was Odin's daughter no way was she as strong as Shay. Shay was 3,000 years old and Bo was 30. She worked for her father Bo probably didn't even begin to understand his powers. However she respected Lauren and Odin so she wouldn't bash the young fae's face in no matter how tempting it was. "I had a lot of fun with you. I would love to still be in your life." She walked over and hugged the seethe making sure to press her body as tightly against her that she possibly could. The succubus smiled to herself as she heard Lauren inhale a sharp breath. She peeled herself slowly off of Lauren.
The blonde stood there for a second. She knew that was a cheap shot on her inner seethe but still effective. Once she shook it off she looked at Shay. "I also need to know if you would be willing to fight beside me. Please know I understand if you wouldn't want to. I was attacked the other day. Apparently a group of light and dark fae are working together to kill me. I spoke with Evony she will help and look into the dark fae to see what she can find out. I don't know how many or when the next attack will be, but if I find out, can I count on you?"
Shay was shocked. Thinking of anyone trying to hurt Lauren whether she was hers or not pissed her off, she didn't need to think this one through, "Bet your ass I will fight with you."
"You realize that Bo will also be fighting beside me?" Lauren figured she knew but wanted to make sure. The last thing she wanted to do was put her in an uncomfortable situation.
"Yeah I figured. If I accidently hit her would you be upset?" Seeing the look Lauren gave her she muttered, "Thought so but didn't hurt to ask. I am more shocked that you got Evony to agree to fight with them. She must really like you."
"Or really want something from me, its Evony so I can never be sure. She is good at hiding her thoughts." Lauren thanked Shay again and hugged her once more before leaving. It was hard to say good bye to Shay she really did care for her and she was a big part of helping her regain her strength. It was weird leaving knowing it was the last time she would be there. She meant being friends but was positive that Bo wouldn't be too keen on the idea of apartment visits. Not that she blamed her.
MORRIGAN'S COMPOUND
Shay walked into Evony's office as she was hanging up the phone. Evony was wearing a black pant suit with a red shirt and black heels. The Morrigan watched Shay pace back in forth in her office. "Guess you talked to Lauren?"
Shay stopped pacing and turned to Evony. "How did you know already?"
"I put two and two together. Deco called me when his shift ended at 6am. He said the succuslut came there at 3am and didn't leave by the time he left. They are annoying like that it's like Romeo and Juliet or in this case Juliet and Juliet of the fae world only neither one of them will fucking die. I should know I've tried."
The succubus sat in a chair across from Evony and leaned onto her desk. "Friends, she said she wanted to be friends. I don't lose. I never have. I hate it. I even stripped for her the other night pushing myself to make sure I beat out that young fae."
Evony leaned back in her chair. "That was a detail I wasn't counting on but still useful. Stay friends for now. You connected to her seethe and Bo connected with human Lauren. It's a matter of who is in control sweetie and right now that seethe isn't at 100%. The way I hear it is the lower down in energy the harder to control, like an untamed animal, it's sexy. Tell her to visit you at your new job."
Shay lifted an eyebrow and made a face at Evony. It was a cross of annoyance and intrigue, "What new job?"
"You just told me you know how to strip. Wouldn't you know I have a dark fae who owns a dark fae strip club. Guess who can be a new employee?"
"That is a suiting job. No lap dances for men and I'll consider the job. What makes you think I still have a chance Lauren made her choice?"
The Morrigan let out her fake laugh. "Sweetie no she really hasn't, this has gone for almost 3 years. They are together, they aren't together, they are back together, so unbelievably irritating and predictable. One will screw up sooner or later let's hope its Lauren's turn and you appeal to her seethe."
Evony had Shay's interest. "You think so?"
The Morrigan leaned on her desk and crossed her hands in front of her. "Put it this way when I decided to start working with that human moron Isaac Taft almost 3 years ago I made sure that both Lauren and Dyson would end up with him. I never knew which one the succubitch was with or loved that day. Taft was a typical human that knew about us. Wanting to be fae and all that shit no one gives a crap about. I told him about Aifie, I knew she wouldn't give up her daughter but would give up the wolf she screwed. I also gave him dark and light fae to experiment on."
Shay cut off the Morrigan, "You gave up your own kind for a human?"
"Darling it was the right thing to do. Fae population control after all we live a long time and still new little fae keep getting added to the clans. I never gave the idiot Bo because I knew the whole damn cavalry would jump to the rescue. Aifie was the better option. I simply told Taft the only doctor I knew who would be capable enough of helping him achieve what he wanted was a certain Dr. Lewis. My plan was she would kill Dyson; the dark fae had to kill Taft before anyone even knew, and frame Lauren for the whole thing making it look like Isaac never existed. I never counted that the human Lauren would save the wolf. I hand wrapped her competition on a table for her and she saves him so incredibly human. Who knew that Dyson would kill Taft and Lauren would be a seethe. Genius, I know." Evony smiled proudly at her whole plan.
Shay leaned back in her seat shocked that Evony was behind the whole thing. She remembered Lauren telling her the story about Taft Industries and how she left breaking the curse. Lauren never told her anything else, like where she hid for a month. Sometimes Evony was capable of surprising Shay. "Okay and what if this plan doesn't pan out like how that one didn't? And how did you keep all that from Lauren?"
"Don't think of it when she is around. Thankfully usually when she is around my only thoughts are of ripping her clothes off and ravishing her. Or when she is kicking my ass I'm usually thinking of the damage being down to my place. Also honey I am the Morrigan I always have a backup plan."
The dark haired succubus thought this should be interesting. "Is it another parasite like the one you put on Vex?"
Evony made a face of disgust. "She told you about that I see. Yes even as a human Lauren was a pain in the ass. The good doctor found it and made an antidote otherwise Bo wouldn't have been competition for you. That's also when that little shit Vex decided to go all light fae. He attacked me later that year and seven of my guards came in one finally knocked the idiot out and he was put in my dungeon till the seethe made me release him. This backup plan is better." With that Evony picked up the phone and asked for someone to come in. A few moments later the office door opened and another succubus walked in. Evony stood up, "Shay this is Selene she is light fae."
Shay stood up and turned to face the extremely attractive succubus that walked in. She went over and shook her hand before putting her attention back on Evony. "You know light fae? Also adding another succubus wasn't the plan I had in mind." She looked over her shoulder at Selene, "No offense."
Evony laughed, "I never knew how funny you were Shay. Selene is technically light fae. She pledged to the Ash 1200 years ago, and the past 100 years she has worked for me as an undercover agent. Light but technically dark, and she isn't another meal ticket for your seethe but she will be in the group. We will know how everything in the world of Bo is going. That bitch has been in my way for too long. I will be damned if she has a seethe too."
The dark haired succubus thought it couldn't hurt to have someone on the inside. If what Evony said was true then having someone letting them know if there was trouble in paradise would be a nice advantage. "Okay ladies I think we have a plan. So for now I do the friend thing and try to appeal to her inner seethe. Got it, oh and Evony you better find out who is trying to kill her." With that Shay got up and was heading towards the door.
"For now we play nice we help the seethe find the traitors, my traitors. One last thing before you leave, what can you tell me about your old boss, the Dark King."
She froze by the door and very slowly turned around. "Why?"
"Lauren said that Odin appeared to her and talked to her apparently he is in another realm and is trying to come back home so what do I need to know?"
Shay's expression was hard to read it was a mix between shock, surprise, and a little bit of fear. She faced Evony, "Stay out of his way is the best advice I can give you Evony. You will not win and your little games will not work on him. He won't find them cute or charming and he will kill you slowly making you suffer more then you thought was possible. And if he wanted to he would bring you back to life to do it all over again just because he can. If he approached Lauren he has a plan and it's already been put in motion. I know Odin."
The Morrigan slid back into her seat. "Fine, then who in my dark fae was a part of his army. I need to know which little back stabbing shits I need to look out for."
Shay walked back to her seat but sat straight up this time. No longer relaxing back in the seat like she was before, "I wouldn't know. I was more of an assassin for him. I took out the light fae leaders that were a problem for him. I worked alone mostly but sometimes I led a small army of my choosing. Odin liked me so he let me pick who I wanted to work with."
"Shit I really hate having to do all the work myself. How did Odin end up in another realm?"
"I have no idea. I was out on a mission and the fae he had with him all died. It was like he was there one minute and the next he just disappeared. I wasn't anywhere near the area but rumors were spreading that he was dead. I searched for him. I saw all the dead fae on the battle field but no sign of him. There were so many rumors I didn't bother to entertain." Shay remembered the day she heard Odin died asking where his last known location was. It took days for her to get there but when she did she looked for any sign of her boss but none existed. There was so many dead fae all around light and dark. In that moment it clicked that Lauren had to have something to do with it. She is the only fae Shay had ever met that would be strong enough to take on Odin especially if she was at full power. No wonder her ex boss made a pit stop to the seethe. She got up and started walking towards the door again. Making a mental note to ask Lauren about it the next time she saw her. Looking back at Evony she gave her one last piece of advice, "Evony listen to me on this don't try and fight him, you will never win."
Evony smiled back at Shay, "Honey every King needs a Queen."