Nodding at the hunched figure of the Rake, the queen pointed her finger in the direction of the lovers. "Go now then, and take with you the girl. Rape and kill her if that is your wish, so long as she ne'er again comes between my son and I, for I am the one who has given him everything. His life is owed to me!"
malicious delight in the Rake appeared in those teal eyes as he offered the solution to her dillema. The obsessively controling queen of the fairy folk was not to be denied.