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but it was still strong enough he could only make the most general of details. Standing just a few inches high, her naked form was most certainly that of a female. Her diminutive size, the fact she glowed and had what looked to be a pair of delicate, butterfly-like wings growing out of her back made it clear she wasn’t human.
    Camford leaned forward, his eyes on his tiny prize of war. “She is lovely, isn’t she? Lily, cease that irritating glow and let Kel get a good look at you. He is the one responsible for defeating your former master after all. It seems only fair he should see what his skill with a blade has brought me.”
    Lily dismissed the cloak of light with a thought as she got to her feet and stared back at the blue-eyed warrior. So this was the mercenary leader, Kel. She had heard Rockland speak of him, first with grudging respect and more recently with fear coloring his words. Lily had heard so much about the warrior’s ferocity, courage and battle tactics, she had imagined him to be a cold blooded killer with empty eyes and a cruel face. Instead, he was nothing at all like she had expected.
    “She’s appears to be slightly injured,” Kel said, his brows knitting together with concern as he spotted the welts that covered her tiny form.
    “I’m not surprised. The cage is made of iron. Any contact would leave her with burns. Lily, you have my permission to heal yourself, so long as you do not leave Kel’s hand.” Camford waved a ring encrusted hand in her direction and she tried to spot her ring among the many others he had crammed on his fat fingers, but the light was too dim to pick it out. She was certain he wore it though, because the compulsion to obey every word he uttered was impossible to ignore.
    Lily accepted her master’s orders, closing her eyes and summoning her magic. Weak as she was, she had strength enough to heal her assorted bruises and burns, but little more. Her tiny wings fluttered, showering glittering crystals over her body. The pain faded away almost instantly, and when she opened her eyes again she felt better, if a little drained.
    The moment he saw what Lily could do, Kel understood that Camford wanted her for more than her exquisite beauty. She was a magically gifted healer, and that alone made her a her treasure without equal in this world.
    The shimmering powder had fallen from her wings to drift over her injuries, and everywhere the powder touched, the wounds simply disappeared. Traces of the dust fell onto his hand, and he knew without looking that his torn and bruised knuckles were now completely healed.
    “Do you understand her value now, mercenary?” the Duke asked with smug satisfaction.
    “Aye, I do.” Kel raised his eyes to meet Camford’s gaze. “She is both lovely and extraordinarily gifted, a tiny but immeasurably valuable prize.”
    “Aye, she is tiny, isn’t she?” Camford chortled softly. “I had almost forgotten. Lily, change to your other form. Now.”
    Kel heard a faint noise, like the chiming of a thousand tiny silver bells. The next moment he was holding an armful of naked fae female only a little smaller than an average human woman. Even as surprised as he was, he couldn’t help but notice the softness of her skin or the way her curves fit against his body.
    He glanced down at her face and found himself staring into a pair of almond-shaped eyes the same color as the amethysts that decorated the golden collar she wore around her throat. Her hair fell to her mid back, and it was as strange and lovely as everything else about her. It was a deep purple at the roots that faded gradually to become a dazzling shade of white-blonde at the tips. Her wings were furled tight to her back, and Kel’s fingers itched to touch their delicate shape.
    Fire surged through Kel’s blood, his cock hardening as his body responded to the nearly forgotten feeling of having a beautiful woman in his arms. He took a deep breath to clear his lust-fogged mind only to