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Adora and Randor to the mercy of the queen and have them marked as traitors or, worse, murdered
on the spot.
    “I feel you haven’t thought this through entirely,” Adora said in a calm tone though her senses were buzzing,
warning her of all the danger around her. “You can’t trust the elf.”
    He flashed her a look of
irritation. “The only one you have to trust is me, Adora .
Can you do that?”
    She swallowed past the lump in her throat and nodded. As
much as she hated to admit it, she trusted him. Her half-human, Unseelie rogue assassin soul mate.
    “Okay then. We need to be invisible and completely silent.”
He brought up a barrier of magic around his body. “I’m going to open a portal
that will lead us right into the Unseelie kingdom, to
the throne room. You need to be prepared for anything that happens.” His tone
was suddenly very stern and Adora felt invisible
fingertips on her cheeks, followed by the softest, sweetest kiss she’d ever
received in her life.
    Randor’s invisibility disappeared for
a moment and he looked her in the eye. His blue irises glistened with emotion
as he stared at her. “If I tell you to run, you run. No matter what’s
happening. I won’t have you hurt because of my mistake.”
    “Only if you’ll do the same,” she whispered. “I have my ways
of working around Maleficent’s magic and the queen’s arrogance.”
    A smile appeared on his lips but didn’t reach his eyes. “I
don’t doubt you do, Princess.”
    Taking a step back, Randor used
his magic to disappear from her sight again. With a deep breath, Adora called to her magic and did the same. She double-checked
her scabbard for her sword and flexed her fingers. She was ready.
    The air before them ripped as Randor opened the portal, and a stone and marble throne room appeared on the other
side. Adora felt Randor’s hand grip hers and squeeze. Sucking in a deep breath, she squeezed his hand in
return and followed his pull through the portal.
     

 
    Chapter Six
     
    Randor’s heart beat so hard he thought
it might explode out of his chest. He’d been on thousands, probably millions,
of missions for various people, including Adora’s own
father, in his long lifetime, but none had been so dire. If his plan didn’t go
exactly as he planned, he might end up losing Adora .
And that just wasn’t an option.
    Kiel
was undoubtedly in the castle
somewhere. Whenever he left the house they shared without a specific
destination or agenda, he returned to the place he’d grown up. All Randor had to do was find him and explain things to his
best friend. Well, explain most things.
    While
Kiel
had never given him a reason to doubt his loyalties, Randor had never screwed up this badly. It was the worst mistake he’d ever made,
bringing the Seelie princess to his home. But he
wouldn’t ever regret that decision. In a few short hours, she’d managed to
change something inside of him. He would do anything for her. Even betray his
best friend’s trust.
    Randor kept a constant hold of Adora’s hand as he opened the door to make sure the hallway
was clear. He led her with him through the throne room to the main hallway of
the castle. Sure enough,
Kiel
wandered down, talking with one of the royal guards. In his natural elvish form, he appeared fierce as he walked.
    Stepping back into Adora , Randor turned his head and whispered, low enough so the elf
and Fae wouldn’t hear them, “We need to make
ourselves known. Are you ready?”
    Without waiting for an answer, he pulled the magical cuffs
he’d placed on her yesterday out of his pocket and placed them around her
slender wrists. “They’re not charmed and you’ll be able to break the chain with
a hard pull. Remember, if I tell you to run, run.”
    “I will.” Her reply was soft yet steady.
    He smiled quickly. She was definitely a warrior. “Okay.” He let
go of her hand. “Now.”
    The two of them removed their invisibility magic
simultaneously.