Elisa sighed and holstered her gun. "Anything to do with you guys is trouble," she complained, "the last time Oberon came to town he put everyone asleep and almost destroyed the place." She frowned at Puck. "And you're always causing problems," she added.

"How you wound me," Puck taunted. "At any rate I don't know much more than you pair about this mess." He glanced up at Goliath again, the wheels turning quickly in his head as he considered the gargoyle's potential use in all this. "That being is not an angel but a swan shifter, Prince Balthasar to be precise. The swan shifters are residents of Avalon but not Children of Oberon and thus they are not bound to his rules nor do they share his kin's weakness for iron. I am of the impression that during The Gathering the swan king Cygnus' daughter Riona vanished and he has reason to believe Oberon's Children are behind it."

"So he's overthrown Oberon for the offence?" Goliath quipped.

"And her brother, this Balthasar guy, thinks she's here?" Elisa demanded.

Puck shrugged, which was a tad difficult with Goliath's iron grip on his shoulder. "Apparently so, I cannot be sure, I wasn't at the Gathering as you well know, banned for life and all that." He nodded in the direction Coyote had fled. "Coyote is my source on this."

Goliath released Puck and stretched out his wings. "I suppose we may go after him then," he said reluctantly.

"Goliath wait a minute," Elisa interrupted suddenly. "The girl Matt found," she paused and looked up at him curiously, "could it be?"

Goliath frowned. "I'm not sure."

"What girl?" Puck demanded curiously. "Did Detective Bluestone find another conspiracy for himself?"

—-

Oh boy, this prince bal is going at this all wrong, and being a real swan-a-s-s.

And for all I know, I believe the stepmother may have had something to do with this. In the case of swan princes, the stepmother does it.

Huh? Well, I guess those creatures didn't expect to be shot and it to hurt.

Or a gargoyle to show up, this is like the little mermaid she can't speak.

LOL Matt getting slapped, it's like asking Bambi if he wants venison. Your gonna offend! Wow.

And obviously, she knows about Gargoyles, or isn't alarmed by bizarre creatures.

Not bad

Witch Queen Saraphine? Immune to iron?

And how does the 'black swan' play into it. Is it a special case?

Yikes! I didn't think a swan king was so powerful, but the having Iron really helped them.

Well, Puck is loose, but what to do.

And puck didn't 'abandon' his family, he just...*shrugs* didn't come when called, he was being amused.

Oh boy, Matt gets home, cleans up. Heads to work, only to get a call from the Hospital.

Ooooh. Swan Maidens, my fave fantasy girls :D