For a long breath or two, I simply stared. What on earth had led to this ridiculousness? With a shake, I forced myself forward again. I needed a climber, something to circumvent the mess below the tree the Fae King was perched in. Once more letting my form go, my fur rippled and my tail twitched as I changed into a smaller creature and scampered up a neighboring tree. Squirrels were not my thing, but I had to admit, the ease of traveling from branch to branch was almost worth it. And then I was flying through the air towards the Fae King’s branch, my muscles stretching as my bones crunched and reformed. I landed lithely in my fox form and padded to the Fae King’s side. “Ah, look who we have here!” Crowed the Fae King, but my father’s vision had already narrowed in on me. “It’s the lovely