As the last Seelie left the hall, Roiben, self-declared King of the Unseelie Court, nearly fell into his throne. Kaye tried to smile at him, but he was not looking at her. He was staring out across the brugh with eyes the color of falling ash. Corny had not stopped laughing.

You don't have to protect these people, Cassel." I am these people.

Nevermore," Lolli said. "That's what Luis calls it, because there are three rules: Never more than once a day, never more than a pinch at a time, and never more than two days in a row.

You are more dangerous than daybreak.

I need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy.

There are dog people and cat people.

Magic gives you a lot of choices," Grandad says. "Most of them are bad.