"Five hundred years ago, the Midnight Queen called me and my brothers to assign us a mission. There were reports about various mysterious attacks in some of the villages or towns located near the boundary of the Seelie Realm, and according to the queen, it was more than just a coincidence."
"The three of us accepted the assignment and left the Midnight Realm to investigate the attacks. It was only after several months of constant investigation did we realize that something, or someone, breached the wards around the Seelie Realm, creating multiple cracks in it because of which darkness was seeping out of the Seelie Realm and into our world."
Valerius stopped there for a few seconds to take in a deep breath and also to give some time to Annalise for absorbing all the information that he had just provided.
