Maya wanted to keep hitting Cassian until he was half dead, then she would take him to Abril to be healed; she was furious and felt betrayed. But the Fairy Queen stopped her.
"That's enough, Maya, I need to talk to him. I'll just borrow him for a bit."
"I'm not leaving you two alone. I want him to return my husband's body, and I want you to do it now."
"I'll leave tomorrow and return your husband's body."
"Do it now."
"I can't. I have to be in the guardians' room to leave this body and return to the spiritual world."
Maya eyed him with suspicion, and he said to her, "I'm not lying to you. I won't be able to leave this body if there's nothing to contain my soul."
"I'm not lying, Maya. I won't do anything with him, I'll just talk, so let me take him."
The queen said to Cassiel, "Get
