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Faylinn.”
    “Okay.”
    Evan immediately appeared at my side. “The second day of the waning crescent, Your Highness?” He was prompting me to agree.
    “Yes. Yes. The … second day of … the crescent.”
    “Waning,” Declan whispered, but it was useless. They all knew I had no idea what I was talking about.
    One of Adair’s sons snorted. I darted my head in his direction and saw the one with sunshine eyes was trying to cover a smile.
    “Whatever he said.” I pointed to Evan while I kept my eyes on Sunshine. I couldn’t remember his name. Shark? Zackary? He dropped his hand and offered a stomach-dropping smile. “If that will work for you, Adair?” It wasn’t as if I had any plans … that I was aware of anyway.
    “We would be delighted.” Adair bowed his head in a gentlemanly fashion. “Until the waning crescent. We shall meet again.”
    I lifted my hand to wave as they retreated. The fae scattered once more, creating a pathway as Adair and his entourage exited Faylinn. As soon as they were nowhere in sight, the music began once more, and the dancing resumed.
    “You did well, Your Majesty,” Evan said. “Held your own.”
    “Did I?” I felt so inadequate. What were they talking about? Waning crescents? What were we even supposed to talk about when he came back? Was I supposed to know?
    “Very well,” Declan assured.
    “Are you okay?” Kai suddenly materialized next to Declan, his eyes filled with worry.
    I suddenly felt drained. “Yeah. I’m just really tired.”
    “What did Adair want?” Kai pressed.
    “He’s coming back in a couple of days. He just wanted to see that Favner was really gone. The wards have been lifted,” Declan explained.
    Kai’s eyes darted to all of us in the circle. “And he had to bring the ogre twins with him?”
    “Calliope is going to need to be acquainted with Skye and Sakari at some point. They are the future of Rymidon, Kai,” Declan interjected.
    “Skye might be, but Sakari …” Kai’s words trailed off in annoyance. I was too tired to care what more he wanted to add.
    “Declan, will you take me to my room?” I wouldn’t have asked him if I could remember how to get to it.
    “Of course.”
    “We will meet tomorrow, Your Highness.” Evan bowed.
    “Thank you. Goodnight, Evan. Night, Kai.”
    Kai let out a huff of air and watched us leave.
    “Why am I so tired?” I asked as we turned the corridor near my room.
    “It’s the music. Because you still have human blood in you, I assume it still has a slight effect on you.”
    “And what kind of effect might that be? Torture? I feel like I’ve been hit by a semi truck.”
    “Fae music has a luring ability that causes humans to be consumed by the melody. With our music playing, they can’t help but dance. Some fae have abused the power. Humans could die because they never stop. They can’t stop until the music stops.”
    “No wonder.” I rolled my neck and watched Declan who didn’t seem to be the least bit affected. “But you’re not tired. Just because I couldn’t stop dancing shouldn’t make me this drained, should it?”
    “It’s possible. Remember when we talked about how we would have to wait and see what ways being half-faery would affect you? This must be one of those things. You may have more stamina and strength than a regular human, but you’re not completely immune to all our enchantments.”
    “Well, that’s comforting. I’m a faery Queen with a weakness to faery enchantments. Awesome .”
    Declan chuckled. “Maybe it’s something you just need to focus on. I mean, as soon as Kai interrupted us, your attention was averted to him and not the music.” He shrugged. “It’s possible you just need to concentrate a little harder to control it.”
    I sighed and opened my door. “Great. I’ll work on that. Night, Declan. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
    “Goodnight, Calliope.” He slightly bent his head then waited until I was in my bedroom and closed the door before he