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didn’t like it. Why was she staring at Adam like he was the most glorious thing she had ever seen? As if reading the Druid’s mind and trying to diffuse the situation himself, the fox jumped into Rowan’s lap, startling her and sending her gaze down to him.
     
    “Oh hello!” Rowan instantly started running her fingers through the fox’s hair, starting from his head and swooping all the way down to the white tip of his tail. “What’s his name?”
     
    “What?” Adam was getting irritated.
     
    “The name of the fox. He has a name right?”
     
    “Fintan,” answered Devlin striding over to sit beside her on the couch. “His name is Fintan . ”
     
    “Oh! That’s a great name! Well hello, Fintan.” Rowan never stopped the steady stream of petting and cooing at the animal.
     
    Adam got annoyed. By Danu, they will be getting nowhere at this rate. Adam’s powers are growing weaker and his glamour keeps faltering the longer he is away from his homeland. Being in America where everything is new, loud, dirty, and filled with iron has taken a toll on the Sidhe. He refused to feed on the blood of humans if he could help it. The ancient ones, such as himself, can generally last years without feeding on living blood. It had been a long time for Adam and it was starting to show. All Fae feed on something to give them power. Sidhe Warriors, like Adam, fed on blood. It’s an easy feast when you’re in battle. When you’re not spilling blood in the fields, however, one may have to resort to bargaining.
     
    Back in the good old days, it was nothing for Adam to feed on the humans who so willingly offered their veins. In return, he’d help their harvests be plentiful and grow enough food to feed whole villages. But now, everything was farmed with GMO seeds, it was blasphemous and revolting. Most humans didn’t care about the lands anymore and were too lazy to grow their own food to feed their family. Grocery stores, happy meals and pizza joints had taken over. Disgusting. Adam chose to opt out of feeding from humans for as long as possible now; it was just too sickening to the Sidhe, and feeding of another Fae was out of the question.
     
    Adam had houses situated all over the human world for business and sometimes for pleasure. Human women weren’t as skilled in arts of love making as the Fae, but they also were not as cunning and deadly. Adam liked the “hit it and split it” approach to women. That was one lifestyle he did adopt rather quickly while living outside of the Faelands. But he longed to be back in Ireland, to his home away from home, where he could at least drop all his glamour and go about the secluded moors as the gorgeous powerful Sidhe he was.
     
    Adam was one of the first Fae the Gods had created. One of the original seven, he was a Sidhe and a Warrior. Charged with overseeing the lands and inhabitants of the Faeworlds, a noble was he, and that meant attending court and putting up with the politics and schemes that the Sidhe were so skilled with. He was a fighter and protector of his lands, charged with the duty by the Goddess Morrigan herself. He answered to no one but the Gods, although he still had to put up with the Fae courts and whoever was sitting on the thrones.
     
    Adam was partly relieved when he was sent to the human world to be a liaison between the Gods and mortals. He was in charge of ensuring that the blessed Druids did not falter in their duties. Well, one Druid in particular. All was simple in the beginning. Keep the balance. Keep the peace. Keep the secrets.
     
    The Sidhe let out a sigh of frustration and looked up at the ceiling. “Morrigan, you better be right about this one.”

Chapter 7
     
     
    First thing on the To Do list: Rowan needed a lesson about the two men standing before her. It was a lot to soak in, but she managed. The lass had an open mind and a joyful heart. It made the telling of their backgrounds easier when she wasn’t dismissing their claims and