18 WYATT I thought that once I was out of the castle, it would be easy to outrun the fae and hide, but I underestimated them. I underestimated the fae king. What the f**k had I done? Just because I had helped Luana and Keeran defeat evil warlords before, because I had fought demons beside Rey, I believed I could take on a powerful fae by myself? That had been stupid, but in my defense, I wasn’t thinking. I was just feeling. My love for Farrah was too great, too strong. I couldn’t imagine a life without her. I had to find a way to break the curse that didn’t allow her to love anyone else, and right now the only way I saw was to kill the f*****g king. Big, stupid move. The looking glass in between my jaws rattled my teeth with each ripple of my muscles. My paws hit the ground hard an