"Wow, your alpha really didn't tell you anything?" Samantha is honestly surprised. "She knew what she was getting into. I'm sorry if you didn't, but it's not my job to explain your alpha's orders. It sounds like you got a bum deal."

Katherine could have answered his questions. Samantha wanted to capture a bunch of fae to increase the witches' power: so what? The truth is that she didn't care about the fae. Katherine was willing to sacrifice them to get Circle Daybreak's support against the vampires.

Mogget is still watching Ghoul with something of a glint in his eyes. The wolf must have met a Seelie or two, he thinks, to have formed such an impression of them. He looks up at Samantha, tilting his head up to get her to scratch under his chin.

"Sure, fae aren't animals," Samantha goes on. "They're monsters. You know another name for them is demons, right? Where do you think those stories come from?"