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neither did anyone else even though they had spent the last
couple of days trying to figure it out.
    All they could tell was that she was
part Elemental. She had the genetic markers, but her DNA was
different than anything they had ever seen.
    The doctor had implied that she wanted
to sample my blood, but I wasn’t about to subject myself to that
kind of scrutiny. What if that little troll, Gibbit, had been
right? What if somehow I was part fae? What would they do with me
then? I had joked with Finn and Cassie about them having a baby
eventually and Finn had grown very somber. He told me in no
uncertain terms that it wasn’t possible for a fae lord to father a
child. My brain kept telling me that he was right, but in my heart
I wondered.
    Cassie leaned up against the headboard
and patted the mattress next to her. I crawled over and sat down. I
pulled one of the soft pillows out from behind my back and started
fiddling with the fringe.
    So many things here were similar to the
human realm. The chairs and dressers were intricately carved to
old-world perfection. The stone walls were covered in ancient
tapestries that showed heroic scenes of damsels in distress with
warriors heroically saving the day. I wondered how many modern
conveniences had been introduced to the human realm by the fae. I
also wondered why they seemed to cling to old styles.
    “ Did you find Finn?” asked
Cassie.
    I flicked a glance at her. I
was not about to
take away the only hope Cassie had by telling her the truth. “No,”
I said dismally feeling I wasn’t really lying to her. The man I had
followed outside didn’t resemble her kind, loving boyfriend in the
slightest. Maybe he was temporarily possessed?
    She shrugged and smiled compassionately
at me. “Do you want me to talk to him for you? I know you don’t
like being alone with him.”
    Her tone implied that I was the one
avoiding him. I would be from now on. I smiled lamely at her. “That
might be better. Thanks.”
    She sniffed. “Have you heard any news
at all about Zach and Luke?”
    I banged my head against the headboard
a few times for emphasis. “No one will tell me anything. If I
didn’t know better, I would think they are hiding the truth from
me.”
    She looked distractedly out the window
as if she wished we were talking about a more pleasant subject. I
couldn’t really blame her. “Maybe they just don’t know anything
yet?” she said hopefully.
    I turned toward her so I could see her
better. “If that’s true, why wouldn’t they send someone to
investigate? Why would they sit here and do nothing?”
    “ I wish I had an answer to
offer you. I’ll see what I can find out, though.” Her face
brightened. “Are you excited about the ball yet?”
    I groaned. “You just had to remind me,
didn’t you? I explicitly remember telling you not to.”
    Why were they throwing a ball for me
anyway? A friggin’ ball—the kind with elaborately uncomfortable
dresses and even more uncomfortable dancing. I didn’t know the
first thing about how to behave at a ball, and I didn’t care to,
either. It wasn’t as if these people were giving me a choice. I
could try to refuse, but I was pretty certain Finn or, worse yet,
Heath would carry me down there kicking and screaming if they had
to.
    I only had a few minutes
until my ladies in waiting would rush in to help me get ready. I wished I could
figure out how they managed to change my clothing without ever
taking anything off me. Cassie had already informed me that they
would be using old-fashioned methods with me tonight. It, too, was
a sign of respect. So not only was I going to have to let multiple
women watch me dress, I was going to have to allow them to put
their hands all over me.
    A knock sounded at the door. “They
don’t waste any time, do they?” I asked Cassie.
    She grinned, jumping from the bed and
over to the door so fast she was almost a blur. Sure, she was
stoked. She was going to be dancing with Finn until the wee