"Are you two close?" I didn't have to ask what he meant by that. "And why should you care?" A part of me, deep down, hoped he would say he cared for me. I had a feeling he was worse than I'd imagined, and yet, I wanted to forget all of that. "Do you want me to?" "You brought it up, so you must care at least a little." "I don't possess those emotions. I was assuming you already knew that. Unless you were hoping I would be different?" I dared to risk a glance at him, quickly looking away when I realized he was watching me. "Are you saying that I'd be so stupid as to develop feelings for you? Even I'm not that careless." I met his unwavering gaze. "You're more careless than you think." * * * When Rei discovers a portal, she is taken to the magical realm of the fae, where she meets a dark and mysterious king, and discovers her ability to fight the fae. Tensions are high and war has broken out between the light and dark kingdoms. What will happen when her brother shows up searching for her? What happens when she grows close to one of the fae? -some characters loosely based on Elizabeth May's The Falconer- //cover does not belong to me//