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Chapter One I made a deal with a Faerie A Nixie to be exact That’s a water Faerie I should have known better My mother told me not to make deals with Faeries She said they never turn out well She was right I accidentally made a deal with a Nixie called Salix We’re sort of friends Salix says friendship with Faeries is always a bit tricky Now because of that deal I’m on my way back into Faerieland Faeries 1
call their lands woods Salix and I are heading to a place called the Crosswood It’s where you cross over from the human world to the Faerie world And it’s magic in case you were wondering A month ago I had no idea magic or Faeries even existed I thought I was just a normal kid with a pretty normal family Ha Wrong It turns out my younger brother and sister are adopted kind of Indigo and Violet are their names They’re nearly ten and they’re twins My mother Jules Jasper has raised them since they were babies I was about four years old when they came into our lives Now I’m fourteen Indigo and Violet’s real mother is Olea She used to be a Faerie queen I know Weird right A month ago Olea’s rival a Faerie king called Oren kidnapped Indigo and Violet Then because of magic I had to go rescue them 2
