You sure you’re fine? I could already feel his attention turning from me.

Yeah. We’ll talk later.

The bond went quiet. I thought over Cosette’s warning, but if Donovan didn’t know of any conflict, then the girl was talking nonsense. “I’m not going to Ireland, so I don’t need protection.” She gave me a long look that told me arguing would be pointless. “And a get out of jail free card is what exactly?”

“Open it.”

I took the pouch and shook its contents into my hand. It held a single gold coin attached to a short chain. One side was smooth as silk, and the other had a ring engraved with the phases of the moon.

A Lunar court coin? That was one of the more powerful fey courts. Cosette couldn’t be part of it, could she? With the way she liked to lie in the sun reading magazines whenever she had a second to herself, I’d totally thought she was Solar. I’d know if she was Lunar, wouldn’t I?

I shook off all the questions rolling through my mind and asked the one I truly needed her to answer. “What does it do?”

“It’s a one-use enchantment.” She grabbed it from me and fastened the chain around my wrist. “It will stay until you take it off, even if you shift. But don’t do that. Keep it on. In a days time, the coin will fade from view, but it will still be there. Sometimes the wearer even forgets about it until they need it. And if it can’t be seen, it can’t be stolen or lost.” She gave my wrist one last squeeze before letting go. “The saying that goes with this coin is: When you’ve reached your darkest hour, the coin will warm. Grab hold of it and be safe.” She paused. “Don’t forget the last part, okay?”

Grab hold of it and be safe? Perfect. That wasn’t vague at all. Would it destroy my enemies? Give me an extra life? Heal me? But I knew Cosette better than to ask too many questions. It was a big deal that she’d gotten the coin for me. I’d figure out the details later.

I glanced at the bracelet. “I don’t know what to say.” I couldn’t thank her. That was a severe no-no with the fey. A thank-you implied a debt, and the fey could claim what they were owed in a whole host of unsavory ways.

“You had my back in the chapel, and this is the only thing I can do for you before I get hauled into hiding.” She sighed. “Just be careful whenever you do end up in Ireland. They’re a dangerous bunch. There might be challenges. If you can get out of fighting—”

“No.” Cosette might be an expert on fey stuff, but what she was about to say was complete crap. That was a piece of advice no Were should ever take. Especially me. “I can’t run away if I’m challenged.”