Page 47 of The Chosen Fae

"Same, except water for me," Stone said, wondering what Rune was up to.

Rune hopped up from the table and took off for the counter.

"Well, thanks for coming with me to the Burger Stop."

"I'm watching out for your friend," Stone said.

"Lizzie. The fae who has targeted her⁠—"

"Vesper is persistent. It's a competition, as Rune said."

"You heard us talking?" Tasha asked.

"We have excellent hearing. And as wolf shifters, even better. We can see at night also."

"Wow, okay."

Lizzie sat at a table with Vesper after getting their burgers, smiling and laughing. Vesper had really won her over. He could definitely win this competition.

Then some more teens walked into the Burger Stop, laughing and talking. Tasha said, "Oh, no! They’ll be able to see you're one of the fae. You have to get out of here."

Stone turned invisible and joined Rune. She had just gotten their food. She could see him as if he were fully visible. They couldn't hide from the fae unless they had some other magical gift that would hide their faeness.

"Fae seers just entered the burger place," he warned.

She smiled at him. "They're using the restroom first. We can deliver Tasha's food to her and leave."

The guy nearby her was staring at her like she was crazy, since it appeared Rune was talking to herself.

She brushed past him and left Tasha's food for her. "We'll catch up with you later."

Tasha gave them her home address. "Meet me there after school. My parents and brother aren't fae seers, but they won’t be home for a couple of hours anyway after school lets out."

"All right." Rune left the shop.

Stone was still invisible, but he turned back into his visible self, took his sack from her, and they went to a nearby park to eat their lunch.

"Well, going to school is weird," Rune said.

"I know. I'm glad we don't have to do that. What are you thinking about with making friends with a fae seer?" Stone asked, taking a bite of his hamburger.

"I didn't want to play the game. And when I saw the fae seer watching me, I figured I would see if I could befriend her."

"And she could have put you in iron manacles and taken you away."

"Yeah, but we can't transport ourselves anyway, whether we're fitted in iron or not."

Stone let out a breath of exasperation. "You're missing the point."

"I was curious about her, and she seemed curious about me. She didn't pull out her phone and text someone. That's what my advisor said they would do if a fae seer group came after our kind."

"You were just lucky."

"And then when Vesper went after her friend, Lizzie, we thought we would deal with him."

Stone drank some of his water. He shook his head.

"Well, what are you doing following me around? Why aren't you targeting your own human?"