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THE STRANGER BEFORE her was fae, but not fae.
NOT IN THE way that Feyre knew them to be, anyway — certainly nothing like anything she’d ever seen in Prythian. There were some similarities, she supposed; they both shared that distinctive point to their ears, the same ancient, feral look in their eyes. But that was where it ended. The power emanating from this person, this INTERLOPER upon the seclusion of the Night Court, was something so wholly unfamiliar that it almost occurred to Feyre to be AFRAID. She hadn’t been frightened of the Fae in what seemed like an eternity, not in that small, helpless way that she’d once felt when she was a human — it had been hundreds of years since she’d been Made, and in that time, she’d learned there was far deadlier and malevolent out there.
BUT THERE WAS no denying that whoever this was, she might very well pose a danger to Feyre’s own court, her people. What were this faerie’s intentions? The truth was, none of them could say, not even Rhys — much as she alerted him down the mating bond to get here, get here right now, she knew she couldn’t pull him away from his duties to help her deal with this immediately. Would he even be able to explain it? Amren might, she supposed, but . . . well, for now, it was just the two of them.
AND YET, THERE was something . . . familiar about her, too. Had they met before?
❝ WHO ARE YOU? ❞ she found herself saying at last, drawing herself up to full height. She was High Lady of the Night Court, and she would not falter. ❝ I can tell that you aren’t from Prythian. What business do you have in Velaris? ❞ And more importantly, how did you break past our wards? she thought.














