Book Four: Chapter 94

Beth frowned. It was a familiar tale in so many books and movies, and it made sense that it had some basis in truth. “Pollution, right?”

The dullahan chuckled. “If only that were the half of it. Yer garbage and yer poison are bad enough on the land itself, but it’s what’s happening to the fair folk themselves that be cause for concern. Ye see, we’ve always had a dependency on peace with yer kind, and with access to yer people so limited now, it requires more effort to travel into yer world than ever before.”

“I don’t follow.”

“I’m gettin’ there, lass. Ye see, the fair folk are leaving the realm and coming to the human world, but they not be coming back. Yer world is all that glitters for them, but not all that glitters is gold. A creature as simple as a pixie can easily get caught up in the excitement of the wonders yer kind have made, in the flickering screens and fancy lights. But the longer they be away from the realm, the weaker they become, until they wither a