Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy Book 1)

“Human, Fae, or Vampire. It doesn’t matter how long you live, Saeris, you will always be most sacred to me.”

“You slept with me.” He grinned shamelessly. “You're welcome.” “Carrion!”

“As far as we can tell, you’re a half-vampire, half-Fae. Something none of us have ever seen before. As of now, we’re not sure which traits you’ve adopted from the Fae and which you’ve adopted from the vampires. All our healers are sure of is that you’re no longer human.”

The God Bindings at my wrists flared out of nowhere, biting into my skin like burning ropes. “The best of luck to you, then, Saeris. Give Kingfisher my best.” And then he shoved me into the quicksilver.

He pointed to the script writing that wrapped around my wrists. “These oaths mark you as my ward. They protect both you and Fisher from the unwanted attentions of my brothers and my sister.”

Fisher had said his mother was wrong sometimes, about small things that had big consequences. When she had predicted me rushing into her son’s life, she had seen me with sloped ears and canines like her son. It turned out she hadn’t been wrong after all. I should have been born Fae. The God of Chaos had simply interfered.

“You were supposed to have been born Fae, in the same realm as your Kingfisher. So I separated you. Hundreds of years before you were born, I shifted the events around your birth. Moved the pieces on the board and placed you far away, in a realm that should never have come into contact with his. But I watched as the boughs of the universe grew agai

Amazingly, it was Carrion who stepped forward first, Simon held aloft. “We might think Fisher's an arrogant ass, but we're not just going to let you kill him.”

“Why have we stopped?” Carrion shrieked. “The walls keep shifting,” I bit out. “Which means the path keeps changing. I need to make sure we're going the right way, but if you want to take the lead, then be my guest.” The thief held up his hands. “You're right. I apologize. I'm just a little on edge right now. I'm not my best self.”