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vanished , leaving us to deal with the distressed Sidhe. She re-appeared within a minute in tight jeans and a fitted shirt .
She pulled a blazer over the top and said simply, "Take us to her."
The Sidhe gave small nods. Azfin's hand fluttered to Haeyl's shoulder but quickly left it again.
Strahov park is very popular with nymphs, so it was hardly unexpected to find her remains weren't far from the church. We wove our way down the winding and complex paths for a few agonisingly silent minutes before we cut into the trees and were confronted by the mess. An elf and a Sidhe, neither of whom I recognised , were standing watch over her remains. Her head remained entirely untouched, her long pale hair flowing out behind her as though caught in an invisible breeze. Her face betrayed nothing of the pain she must have endured, her expression one of peaceful resignation.
Her body, the remains of it at least, was scattered across an area half the size of my living room. An arm was caught in the lower limbs of a tree, her legs were strewn on the bare earth, while her internal organs were very firmly external in a heap near her pelvis.
"What did this?" Azfin snarled.
The elf, his auburn hair tied back in a messy braid, refused to look at Azfin.
"It appeared to be a celestial , " he said quietly, his eyes fixed on Marielle's face.
Azfin and Haeyl looked at us with a stony glare. I stepped forward.
"Do not blame us for this , " I snarled.
Lysander was at my side, his teeth bared in preparation.
The Sidhe's expression flickered and shimmered as they fought to hold onto their fully human forms.
"The celestials came to you. You are connected to them."
"Connected does not mean in control of,” I snapped back.
Elise knelt by Marielle's head and stroked her hair tenderly, she whispered something under her breath. Her body took on a pale silver light and became nothing more than a faint mist.
"Say your goodbyes peacefully and quickly , Haeyl , " she said firmly.
Haeyl looked between her and the mist before he crouched down as near as he dared and whispered something in rapid-fire fae.
Azfin gave a small nod and said, "Thank you , Elise."
She smiled and stood by my other side while Quin and Kadrix walked around the perimeter of the scene.
"Are you sure it was a celestial?" Elise asked the unknown elf.
He spread his arms out gesturing around the scene. “That's what it looked like. Big guy, golden celestial energies. He took off just as we got here."
"No more details are needed. For Haeyl's sake , " Elise said coolly.
The elf bowed his head to her and showed the palms of his hands. "Sorry , priestess."
She smiled gently. "You did nothing wrong, yet."
The elf lifted his head; the Sidhe that had been with him slipped away, or tried to. Quin and Kadrix blocked his exit route.
"What do you know?" Kadrix asked.
The Sidhe backed away, careful to avoid the remnants of the mist. "Nothing that Essan hasn't already said."
Panic edged his words.
Quin moved closer to him, his shoulders back and expression stony. He'd made lycans back down, one little Sidhe wasn't going to stand up to him.
"Please... I know nothing. I just don't want him to find me , " he whimpered.
"You bring shame on your bloodline , " Haeyl spat.
The Sidhe paled.
"Please understand , " he begged.
"She died in agony. What did you do?"
The Sidhe dropped to his knees and lowered his head.
"There was nothing I could do. She had already passed when I arrived."
The elf walked closer and put himself between Haeyl and the Sidhe.
"He speaks the truth. I got here first, the celestial had just taken her life when I got here. He vanished before I could draw any weapons or magic."
Haeyl's face flickered with rage , but he stood and gave a small nod of acceptance. "Fine."
Azfin placed his hand on Haeyl's shoulder and squeezed it gently.
"She is at peace now , friend."
He looked to Elise.
She pulled a blazer over the top and said simply, "Take us to her."
The Sidhe gave small nods. Azfin's hand fluttered to Haeyl's shoulder but quickly left it again.
Strahov park is very popular with nymphs, so it was hardly unexpected to find her remains weren't far from the church. We wove our way down the winding and complex paths for a few agonisingly silent minutes before we cut into the trees and were confronted by the mess. An elf and a Sidhe, neither of whom I recognised , were standing watch over her remains. Her head remained entirely untouched, her long pale hair flowing out behind her as though caught in an invisible breeze. Her face betrayed nothing of the pain she must have endured, her expression one of peaceful resignation.
Her body, the remains of it at least, was scattered across an area half the size of my living room. An arm was caught in the lower limbs of a tree, her legs were strewn on the bare earth, while her internal organs were very firmly external in a heap near her pelvis.
"What did this?" Azfin snarled.
The elf, his auburn hair tied back in a messy braid, refused to look at Azfin.
"It appeared to be a celestial , " he said quietly, his eyes fixed on Marielle's face.
Azfin and Haeyl looked at us with a stony glare. I stepped forward.
"Do not blame us for this , " I snarled.
Lysander was at my side, his teeth bared in preparation.
The Sidhe's expression flickered and shimmered as they fought to hold onto their fully human forms.
"The celestials came to you. You are connected to them."
"Connected does not mean in control of,” I snapped back.
Elise knelt by Marielle's head and stroked her hair tenderly, she whispered something under her breath. Her body took on a pale silver light and became nothing more than a faint mist.
"Say your goodbyes peacefully and quickly , Haeyl , " she said firmly.
Haeyl looked between her and the mist before he crouched down as near as he dared and whispered something in rapid-fire fae.
Azfin gave a small nod and said, "Thank you , Elise."
She smiled and stood by my other side while Quin and Kadrix walked around the perimeter of the scene.
"Are you sure it was a celestial?" Elise asked the unknown elf.
He spread his arms out gesturing around the scene. “That's what it looked like. Big guy, golden celestial energies. He took off just as we got here."
"No more details are needed. For Haeyl's sake , " Elise said coolly.
The elf bowed his head to her and showed the palms of his hands. "Sorry , priestess."
She smiled gently. "You did nothing wrong, yet."
The elf lifted his head; the Sidhe that had been with him slipped away, or tried to. Quin and Kadrix blocked his exit route.
"What do you know?" Kadrix asked.
The Sidhe backed away, careful to avoid the remnants of the mist. "Nothing that Essan hasn't already said."
Panic edged his words.
Quin moved closer to him, his shoulders back and expression stony. He'd made lycans back down, one little Sidhe wasn't going to stand up to him.
"Please... I know nothing. I just don't want him to find me , " he whimpered.
"You bring shame on your bloodline , " Haeyl spat.
The Sidhe paled.
"Please understand , " he begged.
"She died in agony. What did you do?"
The Sidhe dropped to his knees and lowered his head.
"There was nothing I could do. She had already passed when I arrived."
The elf walked closer and put himself between Haeyl and the Sidhe.
"He speaks the truth. I got here first, the celestial had just taken her life when I got here. He vanished before I could draw any weapons or magic."
Haeyl's face flickered with rage , but he stood and gave a small nod of acceptance. "Fine."
Azfin placed his hand on Haeyl's shoulder and squeezed it gently.
"She is at peace now , friend."
He looked to Elise.
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