Alliance of Oddity (Giles/Merry Gentry)

Disclaimer: I don't own BtVS or the Merry Gentry novels.
notes: Even Giles can get a little starstruck.
FFA: Giles/Merry Gentry

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“You want an alliance with the newly formed Watchers Council?” Giles asked, a bit incredulously.

The red-headed fairy princess nodded as several different male sidhe ambled through the room.

“Why, may I ask?”

“If I become queen, I won’t be able to sever ties with the human part of myself. There will be those I will rule who will have difficulty accepting me. If your people support me I’ll do what none of my kind have done before.”

“And what’s that?”

Her lip quirked. She thought she had him.

“Open the doors to the sidhe, at least the unseelie sidhe, to you and yours.”

Giles felt his back hit the chair as the words came together in his head. The sidhe weren’t known for always being on the up and up but the opportunity was beyond anything he’d ever experienced before. He left the meeting feeling somewhat uneasy, yet in awe.

“Do you think this is wise?” Frost asked.

Merry turned to him. “Our people are dying out. The sidhe are more likely to form bonds with and find a match with these slayers than they are regular humans.”

Frost raised a doubtful brow. “Perhaps.”

“At least it’s a start.”