"She wasn't an innocent," Gretel replies. "I gave her a chance to save herself. Several, actually, but she insisted on protecting him."

'Love.' It was more likely some enchantment the fae had over her, but it was deep, and she'd only had so much time to get it done. Her client wasn't willing to wait much longer, and that, well, she could handle that.

Without another word, she walked over to the bodies, removing the cash from the wallets, tossing the rest onto the ground, and taking the man's obviously valuable watch. A mugging gone bad. Old story, easy to believe.