k_a_webb | The Fae World: Adrian: The Coffee Shop (part 4) (Reply)

“If the Queen knows, why doesn’t everyone?” Phoebe asked, before shaking her head. “The elders.”

Adrian nodded. “As far as they’re concerned it’s knowledge no one really needs to know, because we’re on Earth now. Even though it’s still possible we could use up all the magic Earth we came here in the hope that the presence of another race would make it unlikely. From what we can tell humans, somehow, emanate magic in such a way that it can either be used by the fae or the world itself. We’re not sure which and it’s probably something we’ll ever know.”

“How about the mixed bloods?”

“That depends on the mix of bloods. Mer fae don’t emanate magic in any way, normally, but in this world it’s not unknown for a mer fae to have a relationship with a human, and then their child might emanate magic. A human fae might emanate magic or might not, depending on which blood is the stronger of the two. Even human fae with very strong fae abilities might be more human than fae.” Adrian ran a hand through his hair. “Thankfully there are a lot more humans here than there are fae and as we’ve chosen to live in one country it’s not likely that there will ever be more fae here than there are humans.”

“Could the fae ever decide they want more than they have?”

“It’s always possible, but while the Queen or any of her descendants are alive they will argue against the suggestion that we should have more than we already have. She thinks we’ve taken more of this world than we should have, although that isn’t our fault, and she’s taught her children to appreciate what you’ve given up so that we can have a home.”

Phoebe looked at Adrian. “How do you know so much about the Queen?”

“River, her eldest son, teaches at the school. He doesn’t make it obvious who he is, because he wanted a chance to be normal before he becomes the King, and we’re friends, so we’ve had a lot of conversations about what the future might hold.” Adrian smiled. “Without him I wouldn’t have made the choice to leave the wards behind and see the world. It would have been so much easier to accept what the elders wanted to tell me about the humans and the mixed bloods. Now…” He ran a hand over his ear, still trying to get used to them being out in somewhere so public. “River and I are friends, but he is pure fae and he can’t understand what it’s like to see disgust in your own brother’s eyes when he looks at you without a glamour.”

“I went home once, after I found out who my parents were, and when the woman in the house saw me on her doorstep…” Phoebe blinked, as though she was trying not to cry. “The disgust in her eyes was more than I could cope with. Before she even had a chance to say anything I ran.”

Mirrored from K. A. Jones Writing.