Joscelin is taken aback. “What do you mean?” Was she not always a spider? Was she under some kind of curse?

He’s so distracted that he catches her invitation a beat too late. “Er—well, I’m not certain that there’s much to tell. Most of it is second hand, as vampires and fae are not traditionally very fond of each other. But according to gossip, there is a fae who is so fond of being worshipped by humans that she keeps coming back to the mortal realm in different disguises. In antiquity she set herself up as a goddess, then as a vision of the Blessed Virgin, then as an actress, and now as an influencer. Apparently the fae themselves think she’s rather daft, but I don’t know specifics beyond that; I haven’t any friends amongst their number.”