The Seelie and UnSeelie courts of the fairy world have always been places of intrigue and deceit for those of pure Sidhe blood. They call me a half-breed, so for me the courts are a place of contempt and treachery. The contempt is because I am half human. The treachery is because I am the twin brother of a pure Sidhe blood sister. We are the children of the current queen of the UnSeelie court. A true fairy prince and fairy princess, and I am heir to the throne.
Mother chose to get pregnant by both her Sidhe husband and her human lover. Which of us would be born first, she left to chance. The fact that I am mortal proves to the court that I am not the some of their Sidhe king. The fact that I have chosen to take only male lovers into my bed, is what may keep my off of the throne. You cannot rule the courts if you cannot produce an heir. My sister reminds me and the other ruling families of this fact every time I begin to be the favored of the courts.
We grew up around our mother’s guards. My sister and I had even taken a few as lovers ourselves. Now that we were of age, six of them were to become ours. Choosing three to be my personal guard would be easy. They are all physically strong enough to throw a car two city blocks without breaking a sweat, and magically powerful enough to keep me safe from that kind of attack as well. Choosing three that would be my lovers for the rest of my mortal life, well . . . that was something else all together.