Bound to the Fey (Book Four of The Mortal Champion): (A Supernatural, Fairy, College, Erotic Romance) by Reed James Page B

her sorority, her Mortal friends wanting to protect her, to support her. Maeve's heart beat with love for all of them. They were risking so much. They each knew what Corrigan was capable of and they didn't flinch at the task ahead of them.
    Everyone was nervous at the sorority. The disgusting spikes were divided up into ten different piles for tonight's ceremony. Even down in the basement, Maeve shuddered at their poisonous presence.
    Dinner was cooked, and they all tried to act normal as they ate, laughing and joking. Maeve didn't have any appetite. She just had to get through tonight and to tomorrow evening. It would all end. She was defeat Corrigan and win Gunnar's freedom or she would die.
    “Everything will work out,” Felicity said, finding Maeve staring out the window. The blonde put her arm around the Pixie. “Love always works out in fairy tales, and since you're a Faerie, I know you and Gunnar will be happy.”
    “Not in the tales I hear. Love between a Fey and a Mortal rarely ends happy.” Maeve clasped her hands together. “Even if I save him, he'll grow old and die one day, and I'll keep living and living, slowly forgetting him as the centuries wear on.”
    “You'll never forget him,” Felicity said. “And you said he was special.”
    The Pixie nodded her head.
    “So who's to say he won't live forever like you. Or maybe you could help him out, do some task or find some object. There's stories like that. Right?”
    There aren't. Maeve turned and hugged Felicity anyways, savoring the hope. “What sweet words you say. Thank you.”
    “You saved me from Corrigan. I think it's the least I can do.”
    A giggle escaped the Pixie. “Yeah. I guess it is the least you can do.”
    “That and help you trap a murderous Fey that's already tried to kill me twice.”
    “If everything works out, she won't ever get the chance to kill you,” Maeve said. “I'll win Gunnar back, and we'll begin searching for the Balance.”
    “What is the Balance?” Akiko asked.
    “Yeah,” Evan nodded. “Do you have any idea where it could be. It's important. Right?”
    Maeve nodded her head. “It is so important. But only Gunnar can find it.” Maeve smiled. “I bet he's already found it and has no idea.”
    “So what is it?” Akiko pressed.
    “In the distant past, great wars raged between the Seelie and Unseelie Fey. The wars began when Titania and Mab contested for the love of Oberon, the Master of the Wild Hunt. Mab was jealous that Titania won the hunter's heart and took him for her consort. So Mab attacked Summer and the world froze. Back and forth Summer and Winter fought, sometimes Summer would prevail only for Winter to come back and seize victory. There were a few powerful Fey not aligned with either side who saw only futile war. So the three Norns—Urd, Skuld, and Verdandi the sisters of fate—decided to act. They created the Balance and gave it to a Mortal. The first champion.”
    The entire sorority crowded around Maeve, their faces filled with awe, disbelief, and rapt attention.
    “The Mortal Champion balanced Summer and Winter, siding with one or the other depending on which was stronger. Each time, the Equilibrium between the Seasons was reforged. Eventually, the Seelie and Unseelie Fey abandoned their wars. Nothing ever was gained.
    “And then Cinniuint stole the Balance.”
    “Who's that?”
    “She was like the Norns, another weaver of fates. She witnessed something that made her steal the Balance and take it to the Mortal world. Now Queen Mab is plotting, and the Balance has sensed the Equilibrium has shifted. So it chose its Champion. But if Gunnar is controlled by Corrigan, he will side with Winter and instead of protecting the Equilibrium, he will destroy it.”
    “And that means...what, an ice age?” Akiko asked.
    “Yes.”
    “I guess we don't have to worry about Global Warming then,” laughed Raven and a few girls gave nervous titters.
    “Raven, take this seriously,” Billie Jo