Page 119 of Land of Monsters

“I know.” I nodded.

He shook his head as if he couldn’t get the bad thoughts from his mind, what he silently had to listen to, hearing the women around and he couldn’t do a thing. It went against everything my brother stood for.

“Rav.” He licked his dry lips. “There is another Druid here. I can feel his magic.”

“Dubthach,” I said. I didn’t think she could get pregnant in the time Rook had been here, so it made sense Dubthach is how she was able to conceive prior. How did they figure out fae women could carry these monsters?

“These things…” Rook’s eyes met mine, his voice wobbly. “They’re Aunt Zoey’s, aren’t they? Her offspring?” He was raised with the same stories, the same terrifying legends of these creatures.

“Yes.” I dipped my head. “It’s why we need to get you out of here.”

“How?” He jerked at his cuffs against the bedframe, the goblin metal trapping him not just physically, but magically too.

Ash made a noise, taking off the pack from his back and opening the top.

“You’re up,utrapienie.”Pain in ass. Ash nudged the bag.

Silence.

“Hey?” Ash prodded the bag harder. “Now!”

Two middle fingers pushed out of the top of the bag, sticking up at him.

“Very mature,” Ash countered.

Chirp!

“We don’t have time for this.” Ash dumped the bag over on the bed. Two creatures and some extra bullets and knives came tumbling out.

“What the fuck?” My brother retorted as a string of noises came from the tiniest one dressed in what looked like the wrist band of a black glove around his middle.

“Someone’s coming down from her high.”

Chirpchirrrpchirppppchirpchirpchiiiiiirrrrpppchirpchirp!Bitzy didn’t even take a breath, her fingers high in the air, whirring her sentiment at Ash, her lids narrowed.

“Oh, tree fairy.” Opie stood up, brushing down his outfit, which was the rest of the fingered glove. He used the fabric fingers for his legs and arms, the middle finger used to hold hisotherappendage, but it was knotted up in a bow. “You are going to be on her naughty list for a very long time.”

“I’ll get her a bucket of mushrooms,” Ash huffed.

Chirp!Bitzy replied.

“Fine, two buckets!” Ash countered.

Chirp! Chirp!

“Three. That is my final offer.” He sensed me and Rook staring at him. “What?”

I grinned, looking between him and the minuscule imp. She had all these huge alpha guys wrapped around her long, prongy fingers.

“Oh, she gets whatever she wants?” Opie waved his arms.

“You are already destroying history—”

“Boringhistory,” Opie huffed. “Doing everyone a favor.”

“Can you guys release him?” Ash stood up, grabbing one of the knives that fell on the bed. “I’m gonna go help them.” Ashmoved to a bed nearby. Many of the human women were only tied to the beds with rope, so drugged up and weak they didn’t have the strength to fight. Though fae, like Celeste and the cousins, were cuffed.

“Easy peasy.” Opie wiggled his fingers, strolling up to my brother’s arms. “Watch out, sir, the power of these things makes grown men fall to their knees in reverence.”

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