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Thank you.

Adam meant it. As healthy as his respect for the King of Swords was, his fear of Argent ran deeper. He didn’t like going behind her back. He considered her a friend, but she could make his life very difficult if he pissed her off.

So?

Jack didn’t seem patient.

I need help with whatever went down a few nights ago.

That business at the concert?

Yeah. I’m trying to find out more about the creature that attacked the party.

Adam typed out everything he could remember: the prehensile hair, the way it had moved, and how it had sung the sad, broken song of the Between.

It sounds like a banshee.

But are they real?

It was always a bit of a guessing game as to what myths and monsters in the mortal realm truly existed. Sometimes things got very twisted through the lens of someone’s limited Sight or over the centuries. It didn’t help that people with his gifts were often stigmatized or driven out of society.

Adam had his own history with having his Sight mistaken for mental illness, which had made admitting he needed therapy a challenge when Vic had suggested it.

Inconclusive.

That meant it really had to be. Jack could scour databases in moments.

Adam let out a long breath before he typed his next question.

Could you give me the case files on the boggins? I know the Guardians had some in custody.

Jack took a while to answer.

Are you sure you need them?

No. I’m grasping at straws. There has to be a connection.

Another pause.

I’ll translate them and send them over, but you didn’t get them from me.

Adam didn’t like it, but he understood. Jack was putting his position at the school on the line.

I understand, and seriously. Thank you. In less risky questions, do you have any books on the elven religion?

Which faith or sect?

There’s more than one?

LOL. Last time I checked. Humans have how many?

I’ll compile a summary for you.

Adam wasn’t certain he’d ever experienced anyone other than Bobby actually typing LOL before.

I especially need anything related to the Between, if that narrows it down. Oh, and if the banshees come up somehow.

Sure.