Menage a Fairy (A Fairy Novel) by Anna Keraleigh Read Free Book Online Page B

caught her. Annalise smiled. She should have known Wick would never let her fall. A glance up revealed another’s face and her smile faltered.
    “You’re welcome.” The golden fairy gave a subtle smile.
    “Oh, yes, I’m sorry. Thank you very much.” She watched his wings flutter as they untangled themselves. “Have you seen Wick?”
    Thame nodded. “He went to speak to your woman. They were walking along the ridge last I saw.”
    “Oh...” How the heck was she going to get up there?
    “Did you need a ride?” he asked.
    “Yes, please. Thank you!” Annalise followed Thame out into the fading daylight and fidgeted when she wrapped her arms around him.
    “Have you made your decision?” he mumbled as they took off from the ground. The wind rushed past her face, nearly taking her breath away. “Which mate will you chose?”
    Did everyone know? Two people’s happiness depended on her and she was going to take her sweet time figuring out whom she’d pick. If she’d pick. This wasn’t exactly easy. “I’m not sure.”
    “Indecision can make the heart heavy.” Thame hovered over the ground. The cliffs beside them were menacing from this height. “But love can make the heart fly.”
    “Apparently so can wings.” Someone said in a voice Annalise didn’t know and she grabbed Thame’s arm in surprise.
    “Easy little one,” Thame said with a grin. “This is our resident shadow, Whisper.”
    “Um, hello,” Annalise tried but she couldn’t quite see where to aim the greeting.
    “And what brings the freak to this side of the sun?” Thame joked.
    “Listen,” Whisper said quietly.
    Annalise held her breath, doing just as the hidden fairy suggested. She couldn’t hear anything other than a few creatures stirring in the sunset. Wait, there. Was that a drum of some sort? Thame’s eyes went wide just before he wrapped his arms around Annalise. They shot into the sky like a rocket and she had to wrap her legs around one of his to keep from slipping. “What...is...it?” she said over the wind.
    Thame didn’t answer. They flew lower, making their way back to the palace doors.
    Annalise never did get a response. An alarm sounded, a low bell, and suddenly fairies were coming out of the palace and the resident humans were with them. “What is going on?”
    “Get the humans inside,” the king ordered.
    “What? Why? Jayn is out there!” Panic began to set in. “Please, Jayn is out there.” Annalise glanced up toward the forest. Her heart clenched in fear.
    ****
    Jayn sat up. “So explain the hole.” She wiped dirt off her face and arms. There was a small light emanating from the walls. It seemed to get brighter then dim like a heartbeat.
    “It means you should have listened to me.” Wick was standing, looking down at her. “Leprechauns are notorious for tricking humans. Instead of flying away, we’re stuck in a leprechaun hole. These things are almost impossible to get out of.”
    “Almost?” Jayn ignored Wick’s offered hand and got to her feet by herself.
    “Normally there’d be some bargaining involved. You’d probably have to bear a child for one of them.”
    “What!” Jayn glanced at his face.
    Wick grinned. “Joking. It’s just a trick they play. Send the trespassing humans into a hole and watch them find their way free. It’s a pain in the arse, and if we’re not careful, we could die of thirst.”
    “So what’s the bad news?” Jayn shoved some kind of long bug with a dozen legs off her shoulder. “Wait, I got it. The bad news is we’re stuck here together.”
    “Do you hate me that much?” he asked and it sounded sincere.
    “Yes.” Jayn ignored the way her nipples were suddenly hard and the fabric that rushed over them as she walked toward the glowing wall. Her palms pressed against the cool rock. “So this is a cave?”
    Wick was still frowning. She could see his pout out of the corner of her eye. “The stories say so.”
    “Stories? You’ve never actually been in