“I’m going to try the Tethers again. Hopefully, we can at least link.”
“You’re not feeling your Tether?” Ash was closer to him now, floating almost near his hip.
“Kallan and Teague aren’t here, and connecting to them hasn’t been easy.”
He’d chosen strategically. Eiravel was by far the best fighter, and Cynes was their foremost scout. Kallan may have been a good one, had Heath been thinking clearly. He was the only of their group who could use the rivers of magic and open a portal. But Heath hadn’t known what was on the other side, and Kallan was completely open and needed protection when he worked. Teague used the power of his voice to battle enemies.
“Why are they not all with you?”
Indeed. “I only could bring two.”
“I don’t even know what you guys are talking about, but I’d like to offer we’re the hottest and the best. He’d need us.”
Heath rolled his eyes at Cynes’s comment.
Ash glanced at the Fae with the gold sparks in his eyes. “He is not as pretty as my Foraltin. Does he have difficulty with lies?”
Heath sputtered, his laughter ringing out. Couldn’t say that didn’t feel good to hear. And the bastard he was, he’d share.
“She says you’re not as pretty as me, and you’re a liar.”
Eiravel chuckled. “I think you would say you’ve been ‘owned.’”
“It’s only ‘cause she hasn’t gotten the full effect of me.”
Cynes sped up and approached Heath’s side.
Right where Ash floated.
Okay, seeing the big-ass Fae with a small face in the center of his chest was weird as hell. “Move, man. You’re standing on her.”
“Oh, excuse me.” Cynes moved off to the side. “How about this view?”
“Cynes, I’m going to kill you.”
“It’s just research. You should know if your Foraltae needs to get her eyes fixed or not.”
“Duck, baby.”
At least she understood that, ducking her head as Heath swung at Cynes. The Fae danced away from bodily harm.
“You wound me, leader.”
“I’ll carve you if you don’t cut this shit out.” A thought occurred to Heath. “Ash, can the future one see what we’re doing now? Could she already have seen it?”
Ash shook her head. “I am not physically here, directing you. Eventually, yes, something will spark, but I do not know when or what.”
It didn’t matter though. He’d come for her anyway. But working against the Future Norn was going to be tricky no matter what.
“Will she hurt you before I can get to you?”
Again, Ash shook her head. “She wants something from me. She is more likely to try to kill you.”
Figures. He didn’t get the chance to ask what she wanted before Cynes stiffened.
“We’re getting closer.”
Cynes’s sudden change from jokester to serious made Heath look forward once more. The edge of the bog was just a few football fields away.
