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“No,” Allison replied. “My mother gave me an amulet. She had bought it from a traveling saleswoman who claimed it would hide me from diviners. I wore it until the day my son came of age. I gave it to him to protect him. Then, the queen’s soldiers came.”
The memory flashed in her mind. I did my best not to look.
“So how did you find our camp?” I asked, turning back to Allison.
“I’ve been feeling you since I became fae,” she replied. “I knew where to go, but I went to my home first, to get my son.”
She hadn’t said a thing about getting her husband, but I did not see that realization in him even though I glimpsed at him to see his reaction.
“Then,” Allison continued. “I came for you. I knew my son would be in danger if I left him.”
“I told you,” the man said. “I would have protected you both.”
“It does not work like that, Ilerd,” Allison said. “You know that.”
“I wasn’t home when they came to take you the first time,” he snapped. “I would have...”
“You would have fought off the queen’s soldiers to save me?” A little smile appeared on the corner of her lips as she turned to her husband. I felt her affection toward him then.
“I would have tried...” He said, his voice breaking.
He was afraid. The fear was making him hostile. I felt bad for judging him too quickly as he sat on the bed and hugged his wife. She hugged him back.
The movement made her leg move too.
“But...” Her eyes widened as they released each other. She reached to touch the light scarring on her leg and looked up. “You healed me completely.”
I nodded.
“I can move it,” she said, her smile growing as she shook her leg. “And it doesn’t hurt.”
The husband stared at me. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome,” I replied. “I’ll let you rest, now.”
I got up and gestured at Leof to follow me outside.
“Where did you find them?” I asked as I started walking away from the tent.
The cold made my skin prickle and the fresh air filled my nostrils. I preferred this to the stuffy warmth of the tent.
“In the mountains to the East,” Leof replied.
“How long did it take to get back?” I asked.
“Four hours,” Leof said. “On horseback...”
“That does not make sense,” I said. “I was in her mind... It shouldn’t be possible to do that from so far away.”
Leof gave me a confused look. I didn’t blame him. He wasn’t a mind magicker. And everyone always assumed mind magickers could control minds from anywhere.
There was only one fae at camp who could have the answers I needed. I hated that, but did not have a choice.
“You should go to sleep,” I told Leof. “It’s late.”
“I’m on duty tonight,” he replied.
“You’re on duty?” I asked, confused. “You’ve been following me around...”
