of nine of the most powerful supernaturals in England. Mainly fay and magis.’
‘Fay? Fairies?’
‘Yes.’
‘You’re kidding me?’ She had to laugh; it honestly sounded like something out of a story.
‘Yes, the fay and the magi. Magi are like witches and wizards, but they aren’t too fond of the stereotype. They run the supernatural community in each country. There is a Council for every country.’
‘A bit like government?’
‘Exactly.’
‘Are there any wolves on the Council?’
‘No, but not because we’re not strong enough.’ Leyth sounded a little defensive about that. ‘We just don’t care for power; we run in packs and the pack is everything to us. We live by the rules of the Council because we have to. We work for the Council because we have to, to survive.’
She snorted and rolled her eyes, ‘OK, Wolfie!’
‘Very funny.’ He grinned at her; the tension between them had eased somewhat over the last few hours. Tam wasn’t entirely sure she was OK with that, but she was thankful she could almost calm down in his presence. Being scared and on edge was tiring. Besides, she just couldn’t put her finger on it, but there was something about this man that soothed her to her very core.
‘Do vampires exist?’ She gave him a cheeky grin.
‘Yeah, they’re part of the Council’s structure too. Why?’
‘There’s this guy at work, he’s a night-cleaner. And he’s really creepy.’
‘Let me guess,’ he laughed, ‘built like a brick shit-house, but keeps to the shadows and creeps around like an assassin?’
‘Yup that’s about right.’
‘Yeah, sounds like it. They tend to give out a creepy vibe just to keep people away from them. They like their privacy.’
‘Ah, I always knew there was something off about him.’ She chuckled, watching the world pass by the car window. She should really just jump out of the car door and make a run for it. Logically that really was the best plan, and the safest. But, for whatever reason, she stayed, sat in a car with a stranger. Discussing fairy tales.
‘So what do the Council do?’ She absently fingered a stray strand of hair.
‘Right, the Council are like a government, we got that far. They basically lay down the laws and we have to follow them. The Kingdom is made up in sort of tiers—’
‘Kingdom?’
‘Well, we call it the Kingdom; there’s an entire supernatural world hidden from the human race. You’ve heard of phenomenona like the “Bermuda Triangle”?’
‘Yeah.’
‘It’s hard to explain, but phenomenona like that are usually portals to the Kingdom, which is a separate world for people like us; fay, nymphs, elves. The works.’
Tam rubbed her eyes, this was a lot of information to digest.
‘Look,’ he continued quickly, ‘wolves and vampires are on the frontline; we live in this world, the Kingdom is home to other races. I’ve seen it maybe four times in my entire life, so it’s not something you need to worry about too much.’
‘Right. So that’s a conversation for another day then. What do you mean by “you’re on the frontline”?’
‘Each race is assigned to something. Elves handle human relations, which is a bit like “public relations”.’
‘So they control the media?’
‘In a way; they keep rumours to a minimum and find plausible reasons for supernatural sightings so humans don’t actually realise we exist.’
‘Will you ever let the public know?’
‘I doubt it.’
‘So tell me more about these tiers; where do wolves fit in?’
‘Well, we’re basically the muscle. We fight the tuhrned—’
‘The what?’ Crap, that sparked a memory, one she couldn’t quite grasp.
‘Tuhrned
.
They’re like zombies that—’
‘So a zombie really did break my phone?’ The memory came flooding back to her in a wave, a huge man with dark eyes attacking her from behind, smashing her phone.
‘What?’
‘I can’t find my phone; for some reason the idea that some sort of zombie
‘Fay? Fairies?’
‘Yes.’
‘You’re kidding me?’ She had to laugh; it honestly sounded like something out of a story.
‘Yes, the fay and the magi. Magi are like witches and wizards, but they aren’t too fond of the stereotype. They run the supernatural community in each country. There is a Council for every country.’
‘A bit like government?’
‘Exactly.’
‘Are there any wolves on the Council?’
‘No, but not because we’re not strong enough.’ Leyth sounded a little defensive about that. ‘We just don’t care for power; we run in packs and the pack is everything to us. We live by the rules of the Council because we have to. We work for the Council because we have to, to survive.’
She snorted and rolled her eyes, ‘OK, Wolfie!’
‘Very funny.’ He grinned at her; the tension between them had eased somewhat over the last few hours. Tam wasn’t entirely sure she was OK with that, but she was thankful she could almost calm down in his presence. Being scared and on edge was tiring. Besides, she just couldn’t put her finger on it, but there was something about this man that soothed her to her very core.
‘Do vampires exist?’ She gave him a cheeky grin.
‘Yeah, they’re part of the Council’s structure too. Why?’
‘There’s this guy at work, he’s a night-cleaner. And he’s really creepy.’
‘Let me guess,’ he laughed, ‘built like a brick shit-house, but keeps to the shadows and creeps around like an assassin?’
‘Yup that’s about right.’
‘Yeah, sounds like it. They tend to give out a creepy vibe just to keep people away from them. They like their privacy.’
‘Ah, I always knew there was something off about him.’ She chuckled, watching the world pass by the car window. She should really just jump out of the car door and make a run for it. Logically that really was the best plan, and the safest. But, for whatever reason, she stayed, sat in a car with a stranger. Discussing fairy tales.
‘So what do the Council do?’ She absently fingered a stray strand of hair.
‘Right, the Council are like a government, we got that far. They basically lay down the laws and we have to follow them. The Kingdom is made up in sort of tiers—’
‘Kingdom?’
‘Well, we call it the Kingdom; there’s an entire supernatural world hidden from the human race. You’ve heard of phenomenona like the “Bermuda Triangle”?’
‘Yeah.’
‘It’s hard to explain, but phenomenona like that are usually portals to the Kingdom, which is a separate world for people like us; fay, nymphs, elves. The works.’
Tam rubbed her eyes, this was a lot of information to digest.
‘Look,’ he continued quickly, ‘wolves and vampires are on the frontline; we live in this world, the Kingdom is home to other races. I’ve seen it maybe four times in my entire life, so it’s not something you need to worry about too much.’
‘Right. So that’s a conversation for another day then. What do you mean by “you’re on the frontline”?’
‘Each race is assigned to something. Elves handle human relations, which is a bit like “public relations”.’
‘So they control the media?’
‘In a way; they keep rumours to a minimum and find plausible reasons for supernatural sightings so humans don’t actually realise we exist.’
‘Will you ever let the public know?’
‘I doubt it.’
‘So tell me more about these tiers; where do wolves fit in?’
‘Well, we’re basically the muscle. We fight the tuhrned—’
‘The what?’ Crap, that sparked a memory, one she couldn’t quite grasp.
‘Tuhrned
.
They’re like zombies that—’
‘So a zombie really did break my phone?’ The memory came flooding back to her in a wave, a huge man with dark eyes attacking her from behind, smashing her phone.
‘What?’
‘I can’t find my phone; for some reason the idea that some sort of zombie
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