Page 105 of Outcast Fae

“I’m fine,melthelel,” I answered, doing my best to leave the anger out of my voice. “What about you?”

“I’m alright. It’s you who got hit.” She glanced up at my head. I could feel warm, sticky blood running down my chin, but I would deal with that later.

I ruffled her hair. “Oh, it’s nothing. I’m tough. You know that.”

My words were light and careless, but my eyes were still shooting daggers at Vaughn. Given a chance, I would split his head open, too. He deserved nothing less. He was the very reason we were here.

“Back to your cells.” Vaughn pointed toward the exit where the last inmates were vacating the room.

“With pleasure,” I shot back, putting as much venom as I could in the two words.

We had just cleared the door when, evading a guard, Sinasre ran back from his group and snatched my hand.

His eyes locked with mine with such intensity that my heart skipped a beat. “They got her,” he said. “They got my mother.”

I stopped in my tracks as his words fell over me like cold water.

“Talking to the females is not allowed,” the guard Sinasre had evaded barked. Roughly, he pulled my cousin away, then pushed him down the hall.

Sinasre held my gaze long enough for me to see the accusation in his eyes.

The Queen of the Seelie Court had been captured, and it was my fault.