Chapter 65

The screen before us flickered and showed a typical news layout. A woman of fey decent with bright purple hair and black glasses was sitting behind a desk, her hands intertwined on top of it. A blue news bar at the bottom ran: ‘We interrupt you nightly news for an important segment. We will be back to the nightly news after these messages’. In a box on the right hand side of the screen was a title card as well.

“High Council, friend or foe?” Lucy read aloud. “Oh god…no…”

Felix shifted and took her hands, holding them tight. In fact, all of us were now holding onto something. For me, I clutched my knees, as did Jax next to me. Simon and Vale were clutching the arms of their chairs while AJ just had his fists balled up.

The paused screen started with the scurrying of multiple people, all wired with earpieces in. One handed the anchorwoman cards and another finished putting in her earpiece. It all felt like an emergency announcement. The fey seemed nervous, quickly glancing through the ca