Queen of the Fae: Book Two in the Fae Unbound Series (Fae Unbound Teen Young Adult Fantasy Series) by Jill Nojack Read Free Book Online Page B

Langoureth banging around in here," Tanji said as she tapped her temple with one finger, "but I didn't have any way to get it. So, I mentioned it to Eamon, and he knew all about it. He got a message to a gruagach friend in Scotland named Hamish, and Hamish went to where Langoureth kept it hidden. Apparently, it was a place you visited when you were there—Dumbarton Castle? Hamish defused the magical booby trap Langoureth had set using the instructions I gave him, and he was able to get the book without too much trouble. And then he FedExed it to me."
    Lizbet laughed. "How weird does that sound? ‘...and then the fairy FedExed it to me'. No magical enchantment, no secret spells or fairy dust, just FedEx. Have you done a lot of spells from the book?"
    "A few. It seems like I have a talent for growing things, which has something to do with healing, I guess. Stuff that's really connected to nature. Eamon says that I have elf magic, which forms itself naturally around both war and healing because elves get into wars a lot and that means they need fixing up a lot. Some elves have a talent for dangerous magic that they use to make their arrows fly true. Others have a talent for sensing their enemies, kind of like James told you Thomas can sense all of the magic around him. He's got elf magic, too, so that makes sense."
    "James says that I should have nymph magic, and specifically, the talents of the celestial nymphs who can move through the aether."
    "Yeah, the fae Morgan loved using that to drop in from nowhere when you weren't expecting her, according to lots of Langoureth's memories. I guess she couldn't do it when she was human. But...I'm kind of looking for something specific in the book right now to do a favor for Eamon." Tanji hoped she didn't look as shady as she felt when she said that, knowing Lizbet wouldn’t be pleased with Tanji hiding something from her. "It's slow going. It's a huge book, and the translation takes me a while. But, really, the words, they're for focusing more than anything, so sometimes it doesn't really matter whether or not I understand them." 
    Tanji suddenly realized that if Morgan was sitting around in Lizbet’s head, listening in, she had the perfect way to draw her out. "You know that Morgan must have had a spell book somewhere, and you should be able to get it if you remember where it was. I mean, so where is it? Mine’s right there on top of my dresser every night, so that’s easy enough to get my hands on."
    "There’s no book as far as I know, so I’m not going to be digging up some big trove of knowledge any time soon. The human Morgan kept all her knowledge in her head, so the fae Morgan may have done that, too."
    “That’s too bad. Then again, Morgan was always jealous of Langoureth’s knowledge. Maybe Morgan’s book wouldn’t have made the grade.” Tanji couldn’t resist the dig, knowing the fae was spying on her every word.
    After Tanji dropped Lizbet home, she pulled around the corner and parked so that she could pull out her phone and let Eamon know what she’d done. She was going to need his help if things went wrong.

    Ron parked the truck across two spaces. "Ron Ross’s Humane Gnome Removal (and Magical Creature Control)" was emblazoned in bright red letters across the side of the truck just above a cartoon of a smiling gnome entering a cozy-looking cabin among a bed of well-tended flowers.
    From the second floor balcony, Steve Moore called down to him, "Ron, good to see you again. How's business?"
    Ron looked up. "Good, Steve, good. It's been a while. Lizbet hasn't been around to the house much, either. Tanji says she's still not feeling well?"
    "Lizbet is a whole other topic. Right now, I've got a gnome problem to take care of."
    Ron could see the gnomes had made themselves at home on the balcony as soon as he topped the stairs. They'd filled the side of the walkway below the apartment's picture window with bundles of cardboard and built a makeshift burrow. "Odd