So she could’ve been heartbroken, and he’d never have known. “Why would she help us? I mean—let’s say for a second that the breakup was totally amicable—isn’t she pissed about how I was on the news with Cosette? Again.”

“I doubt she’s thrilled her daughter was caught again, but Helen always believed it was only a matter of time before her people were exposed. We were in complete agreement on that. I don’t think she’d be the source of any unrest within the fey.” He glanced at me, with a bit of a sheepish shrug. At least he understood how weird this was for me. “I can feel your worry, but please don’t. We had a connection a while back. It started out sharing information and maintaining peace. The friendship eventually grew into more, but ultimately I had to put my pack first and she had to put her court first. Neither appreciated our relationship. When unrest started, we cut off contact. Better to have no questions about what was happening or not.”

“So you would’ve kept seeing her if the pack approved?” I hated to ask, but a part of me needed to know.

“No. It would’ve ended one way or another. We didn’t suit.” Donovan was quiet for a second. “Plus, the pack was concerned—and rightfully so—that she was queen of the Lunar court.”

“Why would that matter?” We’d learned about the courts at St. Ailbe’s, but only a quick overview. There wasn’t a lot of information about them, other than who was in charge and the basic differences between each of the seven groups.

“You don’t know? And your good friend is princess of it?” Donovan gave me a long look that I didn’t appreciate.

“Why does it matter that she’s Lunar rather than Midnight or Gales?”

“Lunar has control over the moon. Our kind are tied to the moon. Some believe that the lunar fey have power over us.” He let that sink in for a second. “The pack didn’t like Helen because they thought she’d make me favor the fey, and force my wolves to do her court’s bidding. The pack will be slaves to no one.”

I had to pick up my jaw from the ground. Not literally. But holy shit. “Tessa’s always bitching about how bad the Weres are at sharing information, and for the first time I agree with her. Why the hell wasn’t that covered in class during our section on the fey courts? It seems pretty damned important.”

“Ehm. Well, might be that not all Weres know. The Seven have kept that bit quiet. It wouldn’t sit right with most Weres and we’d prefer to avoid a pre-emptive war with the Lunar court. I thought that with you being friends with Cosette, you’d know about all of this.”