The warriors parted, and another dark-skinned male with hair as white and as fluffy as clouds stepped forward, clutching a newborn fawn. I sucked in a breath through my teeth. Erin had mentioned not being cursed because she left the Summer Court to see a healer about her pregnancy. Was this her baby?
After handing the fawn to one of the other males, the man continued toward us. He wore no gold on his body, adorning his face and arms and chest with white sigils. Silver light crackled between his clasped palms. “Please ask your mate to remove the barrier around his wounds.”
I turned to Drayce and placed my palm on his chest. Only the tiniest of movement indicated that he was still alive. The color leached out of his skin, reminding me of the pallor of the scales he used to wear when he was cursed.
“Pull back your shadows,” I murmured into his ear.
His eyelids twitched.
“Drayce.” I rubbed his chest.
With a groan, he let the shadows encasing his torso melt into the marble floor.
The white-haired healer knelt beside us and drove his power into Drayce’s middle. Drayce arched his back, squeezed his eyes shut, and clenched his teeth.
Holding my breath, I hoped this magic would be enough to counteract the spider’s attack. After several heartbeats, Drayce’s muscles relaxed, and his breathing deepened.
I turned to the healer. “Did it work?”
His brows drew together. “I can reconstruct lost flesh and repair the lacerations, but my magic is of the living and this child’s is of the dead.”
Prince Calor lowered himself into a crouch. “Dian, don’t speak in riddles.
We must help Queen Neara’s mate before I give them a blessing.”
Dian exhaled a long breath. “To restore his power, the young king must bathe in Slainge’s Well.”
“Where’s that?” I asked.
“Deep within the Autumn Court.”
A shudder ran through my insides. It was where the Fear Gorta resided and where I had poisoned a group of guards and left them to be eaten by faeries cursed into beasts.
The males of the Summer Court stared down at me, waiting to hear what I would say next. I still had the Dagda’s ultimatum hanging over my head like an executioner’s ax, but with the Fear Dorcha’s curse broken, the oak sprite would repair the staff and save me from becoming the demigod’s sword maiden.
Melusina was either trapped in the Fear Dorcha’s nightmare or still weakened from my attacks, and Drayce still needed to restore Erin’s soul.
Footsteps stumbled behind us. I turned to find Rosalind, Aengus, and Cathbad walking into the hallway, surrounded by dark-skinned warriors and looking like they had just awoken from a troubled sleep.
“Could you lend us some transportation, please?” I turned to Prince Calor. “We need to prepare for a journey into the Autumn Court.”
END OF BOOK TWO
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