Chapter 56.1

She gave me a shaky nod, seeming to remember that Griff had saved his father from being indebted to the faeries by offering his first-born.

“But people can ask for beauty or some other thing where the faerie has to give them the magic.” I pushed to check that Beki understood.

She barked a question.

“Griff is naturally beautiful, but some other people make those bargains,” I replied. “In cases like that, the faeries will use those black spikes to give them the magic to maintain their glamor.”

There was a lot more to the issue, but Beki seemed happy enough with the basics. I turned to the healer and asked, “Could you show me what Hades did to my mate?”

She flicked her fingers.

The black spikes moved together, forming a single mass that filled the hologram’s entire chest cavity. Instead of black spikes, flames the same color licked at his body and covered it with soot.

I held my head in my hands, trying to suppress a moan.

“It’s a surprise your mate is able to function with his chakras o