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if any other Dwarf crosses our borders. They
are to pass the message on if they are found, but to no other Dwarf,
understand? "
    "As you command," she answered.
    "Good. Then find me when you are done, I may have more for
you to do. Oh, I almost forgot, what's Malcolm up to today?"
    Malcolm was my best friend and a computer expert. He was
also part Fae, something that we hadn’t known until Bernd had brought that part
out of him.
    "He is at his office. He said he had human work to
catch up on, I believe is the phrase he used," she answered. He and Sendy
had a thing going and I tried not to let her duties interfere with their
relationship too much if I could help it.
    "Great, feel free to let him know what you're doing and
tell him I'll contact him later."
    "Thank you," she replied and then after removing
her shirt, she disappeared from view.
    I could have gone myself, but that would have required more
of an explanation. Something I didn’t feel like giving just yet. I wasn't sure
if Bernd really was in danger. From what Lucinda had said he seemed to know
what was going on. Still, it was better to be safe than sorry.
    "There is one thing," Alf said as Sendy
disappeared. "I just don't… well, you see, it's just that it might be
better for her to go alone. I don’t really mix that well with other Fae, as you
may have already noticed."
    "He is correct," Lucinda replied. "It would
be better, and faster, if I go alone."
    "Fine," I said, looking over at Charlie who'd been
quietly sitting and listening to all that was going on. "Keep him company.
There's nothing more I can do until we hear back. Maybe I can get a few other things
done in the meantime."
    Charlie just nodded in acknowledgement and Alf seemed to
heave a sigh of relief as Lucinda sprinted from the room. Maybe the Garden Faerie
experience really had unnerved him I thought to myself as he drained his glass.
I walked upstairs to change before heading out, leaving the two of them in the
kitchen. I'd been too distracted to make more coffee and even after my
breakfast with O'Malley I already knew where my first stop was going to be.

Chapter 4
     
    J AY
     
    "Hoskins," I answered as I picked up the phone on
my desk.
    "ASAC needs you in his office," the duty officer said.
    "What's up?" I asked.
    "Don’t know," he replied. "He didn’t
elaborate and I didn't ask. You know how he is. You can tell me all about it when
you're done, if it isn’t classified. For all I know he wants to tell you what a
great job you did on yesterday's op."
    "Yeah, right," I said with a laugh. I liked the
number two man in the office, but he wasn't known for handing out accolades. As
far as we all knew, he just figured that was part of the job.
    "Ok, it'll be a few," I replied. "Let me just
lock up this evidence. I can finish the paperwork when I get back."
    "Ok," he said. "But do it quickly. You know
how he hates to wait."
    I chuckled as I hung up the phone. I could already hear him
asking me what the hell part of get in his office didn't I understand, as he sat
there, tapping his watch. That said, as far as command staff goes, he was as
good as they came. I knew the gruff exterior was only a façade. Besides, far be
it from me to leave anything sensitive on my desk in violation of the rules.
    I locked my unfinished paperwork in the secure file cabinet
and walked the few pieces of evidence I'd snagged from yesterday's operation to
the evidence locker. Then I headed down the hallway to the elevator up to the
lofty offices on the 10 th floor.
    "He's waiting for you," the secretary said, the
phone clamped to her ear, as I closed the door to the office behind me. She
pointed at the door to the inner office with one of those "What the hell
did you do now?" expressions that didn't look promising.
    "Take a seat, Jay," he said without turning from
the monitor behind his desk. Oh, oh. First names were never a good sign.
    "Anything strange happen on yesterday's case?" he
asked, as the chair swung around and