Chapter 19
“Not my problem,” Rune shot back while I blinked, trying to take in the new information.
Rune was the son of the Queen of the Unseelie Court? And the Queen in question wanted him back?
That didn’t sound good.
Erskine’s answer was even less good. “I believe I have a boon coming to me and I’m not picky about who provides it,” he declared, the weakness he’d shown earlier now totally invisible as he threw my recent mistake back in my face. “Either I can offer your kitten to the Queen and see if that’s enough collateral to free me from this prison, or you can save us all some trouble and open the door yourself.”
“You want me to save you,” Rune countered. “Again. But that didn’t work out so well last time.”
“Last time was a gift,” Erskine countered. “This is the repayment of a b
