Chapter 45 Ash
ASH
Janus,
You ask if I saw them. Yes, I saw them.
I was in the throne room, among the lesser court, in disguise.
I saw you as well, in your falcon mask; I did not realize you had been hunting for the Queen.
She was afraid they know I am here, among the Seelie, and that they sought me.
It was clear to me they know nothing. They did not so much as glance in my direction.
Certainly, they do not know what is to come.
You ask why I went. I was curious, and I recalled them from Thule.
And I wondered if she would be with them, but she was not.
It was a peculiar magic drew her to me, and I wonder at it still, but you need not worry there is sentiment attached to my musings.
The Nephilim interest me, perhaps all the more so because they do not understand that they are doomed. That is all.
—Ash