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are the files you normally see?”
    She held up a hand and spaced her index finger and thumb apart. “About three inches or so. Before any mission is set, information is gathered on everyone and everything connected to whatever is being watched. From there, the mission is determined and several teams are sent in.”
    “I thought you said it was just you and Matt?”
    Denae put a hand beneath her head to see Kellan. “It was just the two of us. That was another red flag for me, but then I thought other teams might have been sent in that we didn’t know about.”
    “No one else has been located.”
    He said it with such certainty that it made her wonder if MI5 had been right to want more information on Dreagan and its people.
    “Dreagan consists of over sixty thousand acres. There is no way you could cover all of it in the time since I was brought here unless you have advanced military equipment.”
    Kellan simply returned her stare, refusing to admit or say anything.
    “You do, don’t you?” she asked and sat up again too quickly, causing her side to pull and her to grimace. “Did you steal it? MI5 will stop at nothing to have that equipment returned.”
    Kellan leaned forward in the chair. “Did you ever stop to think there are more ways of doing something than a human’s tiny mind could comprehend?”
    Denae was left with her mouth hanging open as Kellan rose and walked out of her room, leaving her with his question running through her mind.
    And no answer in sight.

 
    CHAPTER SIX
     
    Somewhere in Scotland …
    The dungeon was dark, as was the entire crumbling castle. As if that would make him anxious. He’d asked for the meeting to continue to cultivate a union that had not existed for well over ten millennia.
    The Dragon Kings had made a crucial mistake in alienating the Fae. An error he wasn’t going to repeat. He knew a secret about the Fae the Kings had been desperate to keep quiet.
    He was taking things a step further and aligning himself with the deadliest Fae—the Dark Ones. These were the Fae who didn’t hesitate to use their considerable power for anything—and everything—they wanted.
    “You’ve kept me waiting,” he said into the darkness.
    He wasn’t alone. He hadn’t been alone since the moment he stepped across the old drawbridge. The Fae were everywhere. Two stood not a foot from him.
    Not that he was scared. The Dark Ones had their own way of doing things, and they were still learning to trust him.
    “Because I wanted them to,” said the raspy voice of the Darks’ leader, Taraeth. An unearthly blue light suddenly filled the dungeon area. “Why did you call this meeting?”
    “The plan to infiltrate Dreagan has run into a problem.”
    Taraeth’s lip lifted in a sneer, his red eyes glowing. “We know. The human failed in his quest. The female is now in the hands of the Dragon Kings.”
    “Do you think they’ll trust her?” he asked. “Of course they won’t. They’ll get all the information out of her they can, and then they’ll let her go.”
    “She’ll have seen them.”
    He shrugged. “Perhaps, but I don’t think so. They will be careful. Once the woman has been released, I’ll make sure MI5 is there to take her. The Kings will be keeping watch. They’ll come to her aid. That’s where you come in.”
    Taraeth’s smile was cold and calculating. “You’ll let me have a Dragon King?”
    “Take as many as you can capture, and use them as you see fit.”
    Taraeth considered the new plan for several minutes before he folded his arms over his chest. “There is just one I want.”
    He nodded. “Ah, yes. Kellan. Why him?”
    “None of your concern. What happens if this plan goes awry?”
    “It won’t,” he stated. “I know the Kings. I know how they think. They’ll play right into our hands.”
    Taraeth gave a nod, and the next instant the blue light was gone. And so were the Dark Fae.
    He walked from the dungeon and back through the ruins of the castle, over