Chapter 51

The unfortunate, tension-filled encounter with the Seelie Queen had made me question everything. She was not the woman I remembered in any way. Something was absolutely different—something had changed drastically. The way she talked, the way she carried herself. There had not been an ounce of tenderness or even the sweetness I had seen in the past, despite the fact that I had known her before everything changed. I had once seen her in a different light. Maybe it was because she was here, in her kingdom, and needed to project an air of royalty—but the way she had shown her claws, ready to rip Will apart, left me with many things I did not understand.

Things didn’t fit together well—her behavior, Will’s treatment of her. For one, Will was the one who had told me it was the Seelie Queen herself he had sworn to help and protect in any way. But right now, the way he spoke to her made me wonder what had happened. Why did Will hat