OLIVER
In my peripheral vision, I could see Travis roughly swallow, being caught in a lie. A lie that was meant to protect Petra and myself.
He did not need to do that. He was only putting himself in a bad light and I didn’t want that for him.
Glancing over the Queen's shoulder I could see the watery yellow eyes of Petra. My little Sunshine. The one for whom I was doing all this. I would never have taken in the Changelings if it hadn't been for her. I would have walked away and left the realm to defend itself.
Except, if I had done that, Aodh would take over and there wouldn’t be a place where I could live out my days in peace. There would be no realm.
So yeah, I wanted Lamia back. We, all of us, needed her back.
“Believe it or not, I am glad you have returned and that our efforts we
