Chapter 60: Chapter 60

"That was awkward," Amanda said.

"And totally stupid." I rolled my eyes. "This is my father's business. All of those fairies work for him so we weren't in any danger."

"They were all fairies?" She gaped at me.

"Uh, yeah." I chewed at my lip. I hadn't thought of how to handle Amanda's knowledge of the Fey. "Look, it could be dangerous for you to talk about fairies. I'm going to take you to the Human Council, and they'll be able to help you get back home and sort things out but they're probably going to tell you the same thing; you need to pretend that you don't know anything about the Fey."

"Trust me, I want this all to just go away," she said. "I'm not going to cause any problems. Besides, who's going to believe me? They'd lock me up in the loony bin."

"Great." I grinned as we exited the elevator and headed toward the reception desk. "I mean about your not talking, not the loony bin part."