He shrugged, and simply promised to make quite the performance for them if they cared to watch.<em>True, but they are also beholden to their deals, and their truths, just like every other Fae. And would a mother not ask if her child was well and alive? And would she not bargain everything to keep them that way? So, a low risk gambit to get information from the Court, in exchange for not harming the hostage.<br/><br/>Now that the plan has gone south, they will be coldly examining the best options, which is why I need to get to him now. So the 'cold, logical' answer is to give him to me in exchange for not horribly and brutally exterminating every last Winter Fae and affiliate in the area while trying to find him.<br/><br/>And I might be reacting, but my reaction will force them to react to me. That was why I raided the Vault, and that is why I am going to come down on them with all the skill, expertise, and fury the Queen lets me. Which, knowing her, is going to be all of it for a change.</em>