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At least she was Kalt Einn. “You were not very forthcoming when my man spoke with you last week,” Kaspar accused.
“I... I...,” she stammered.
Gunnar gave him a look of “I told you so” and crossed his arms. “I want you to tell the king what you told me.”
Kaspar noticed her hands shaking and tried to give her a reassuring smile. “You are safe. No harm will come to you.”
“I am resigned to my fate, Your Majesty.”
“What do you mean?” he asked.
“They will find me and kill me. Nothing you do or anyone else does can change that. But you need to know before they find me.”
Kaspar frowned. “What do I need to know?”
“The prince... Ari, he had a human woman. He kept her, and she bore him three daughters.”
“What do you mean, he had a human woman?” Kaspar asked.
“I don’t know all the details of their relationship. I just know that they lived together and she gave birth to his daughters. The first two babies were taken from her. I don’t know where or by whom. But when she had the third, she hid and then managed to disappear completely.”
“Why are you telling me this?”
“Because they are looking for the three girls.”
Kaspar’s irritation rose. “Who are they?”
“We don’t know.” She sighed. “We have been trying to find out, but haven’t had any luck. Your nieces are the Trifecta, my lord. Fire, ice, and earth. Do you know how powerful they would be together? Ari found the first two in Scotland, but he hasn’t located the third. There are rumors that she’s in America. All they have is a first name of the mother. Megan. They called the daughter Ása, but there is no trace of her, so it is possible she changed her baby’s name.”
“Was she Ari’s mate?” Kaspar asked.
The woman shrugged. “Like I said, I don’t know the particulars. I met Megan just before she left.”
“Do you want money?”
“No!” she snapped, and scowled. “You’re not listening to me. They are after them. The two older girls are mated to Cauld Ane’s, but the youngest is not safe. She has no protection. I think your brother has been captured and held by the Cauld Ane who are mated to your nieces. Not that Ari did anything to protect sweet Megan,” she said in disgust. “You are the only one who can save her.”
“How am I to save her?” he asked.
She handed him a flash drive. “Everything is on here. Please, Your Majesty. Her name is Megan Shane. She confided in me before she ran. Please help her. She is such an amazing young woman and your brother... well, he took advantage.”
“How did he take advantage?” Kaspar pressed.
“She loved him. Truly loved him, but she was young, and he wasn’t always kind to her.”
“My brother would never harm a woman.”
She squared her shoulders. “Perhaps not physically, sire, but he hurt her deeply when he pulled away from her.”
“How so?”
“From what I understand, they were both deeply in love until she reached ár mökunar. That’s when she was able to get out from under his suggestion and ran. He has been looking for all four of them ever since then. He’s obsessed with them. And I believe he hates the woman now.”
Kaspar closed his hand around the drive and slipped it into his pocket. “Your name.”
“My name isn’t important. In fact, it’s better you don’t know it.”
Kaspar frowned again, annoyed by her insubordination.
