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Not a monster, just not human. The Duke of Alba’s orders weren’t questioned, so the blue-skinned baby was taken back to the camp. Elena did not ask Ivar about the nature of the child until they left the child sleeping safely in Mariela’s arms. (She and Laila fed the baby and took care of him without question, even if the latter looked a bit afraid, making Elena proud of her people).
“Do you know what he is, if not human? Is that perhaps the reason why he was abandoned?”
Ivar nodded, “I believe the child is a mixed-race, half fairy.”
He started unbuttoning his shirt and sat on the bed, looking completely nonchalant after a statement like that.
“Fairy?”
Did something like th
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