Chapter 39 Terms and Conditions

ZOE POV "Again, and I cannot stress this enough, I have no power to renegotiate the terms of your punishment from the Faerie Queen," I tell Tempest and Ariadne through gritted teeth, "especially since your current contract of punishment forbids you from entering the fae realm while it is in effect. I can t get there on my own, even if I were inclined to—" "Shhhhh!" Ariadne hisses. She closes her eyes and seems to be listening to something. Xander, still beside me and getting increasingly bored and antsy, cocks his gun again. "What s—" he begins. "Anselm s dead," Ariadne announces as her strange periwinkle eyes snap open. "His aura, his spirit…they re not here anymore." Anselm s dead?! The idea seems implausible at best, but Ariadne s extremely perceptive, and despite being fae, she usually goes out of her way to avoid speaking falsehoods. Way to go, Sasha. You ve finally done it, you absolute madwoman, I congrat