79. Fae lord

[Kian]

“Wait, you can read this?” Carys asked Alpha King.

“Yes,” King Elysar said.

I looked at the foreign letters on the pages of that book.

“What language is this?” I asked.

“Faemorish,” Carys said. “Ruin said it was an extinct language. How do you know it?” Carys contemplated King Elysar.

“Oh. Well…” he cleared his throat. “I am old. I know stuff you guys don’t.”

Carys narrowed her eyes, examining King Elysar.

“It might just be a rumor, but people say the Neutral zone was enchanted by fae magic. In case it’s true, how did you get access to fae magic? Because that too went extinct centuries ago,” Carys said. “And if you deny it, then how would you explain the decrease in the Alphas’ powers when they enter the Neutral zone? Making you the Alpha King, the most powerful.”

“Carys…” I held her elbow. She looked at me over her shoulder and then glanced back at the King.

“I didn’t mean to put it offensively. I am just trying to make sense of everything, like you said, Alpha King. I know e