Chapter 71

Surprised, I stopped and looked at her. She was smiling sheepishly. “There is a pond just outside of the territory. It’s private and sometimes I go skinny dipping there. A lot of times though, there are fairies hanging around there.”

“Where?”

She took my hands and started walking to the southeastern corner of the territory. We walked for about twenty minutes when I watched the shimmer of the barrier. It engulfed us and we came out on the other side. The pond that Stacy spoke was right in front of us. Sure enough, fairies skittered across the top of the water. We stepped forward and they froze.

“Mongrel! Little mongrel!” Four the fairies rushed me, burying themselves in my hair.

“Hello you guys. What are you doing this north?”

“Got lost.”

“Having fun.”

“Avoiding.”

I looked at the blue fairies who was blushing. “Something going on with