Chapter 43: Dilemma

"No. She won't. I don't know if that's part of the Fairy Queen's curse, but it is the reality. We live in a world now that doesn't believe in magic. It doesn't believe in fairies or gargoyles."

"Tis said," Declan said.

Life had been very different in the old days. He'd seen flashes of the new world from his perch on the church. Donal and Sean had filled in a lot also. He'd figure out the advantages of this different place and time and use them.

He would make contact with Fiona. Even if his brothers warned against it. He wasn't them and he handled things differently. He'd never been afforded the chance to prove his methods in the old time.

"Tis what it is, Declan. We adapt," Donal said.

"The rule against being with a fairy is gone," Declan said.

"Aye, but I wouldn't count on it. It might be a fluke that Donal and I fell in love with our fairies. Fiona is a different woman than Colleen and Meg."

Declan nodded, but he'd stopped listening. He was itching to figure out how to make contact