Filthy Rich Fae

As Cate and Ciara drink in the bar of the Avalon hotel, Ciara becomes increasingly inebriated as she laments her arranged marriage. Ciara reveals that fae stop aging after their twenties and that she and her brother Lachlan are centuries old. Cate asks if fae can’t get sick, but Ciara says they can die of certain diseases and also reveals that her parents were killed. She offers Cate a dose of clover, but Cate declines. Ciara takes the drug herself and promptly passes out.

Cate touches the stone on the magical necklace Lachlan gave her and summons him for help. He arrives and carries his sister to her room in the family’s private wing. Cate tells Lachlan that Ciara is unhappy about the betrothal, and Lachlan seems guilty about this. Still, he tells her that he sees no other way since he has to make an alliance with the Infernal Court. In the foyer, Shaw confronts him, arguing that Cate should not be staying in the family’s quarters. Lachlan dismisses his brother’s concerns, insisting it is for Cate’s own protection from the visiting fae courts.

Lachlan then leads Cate to his private apartment, assuring her she will have her own separate bedroom.