Locke then begins to clean Jude's injuries from the Tournament. He tells Jude that he finds it funny that she gets under Cardan's skin like iron and that no one bothers him quite the way she does. When Jude asks why he cares, he replies that he found it funny. Afterward, he comes up to Jude and asks if she's alright. When Jude refuses to back down and give in to Cardan, he is watching nearby. Locke participates with the group in the Summer Tournament. He watches Cardan threaten Jude and offer Taryn protection if she abandons Jude.

He then joins Nicasia and Valerian in throwing their belongings into the water. Locke grabs Taryn and throws her in the river. After lessons, they attack Jude and Taryn. Jude sneaks salt into Cardan and his group's lunch in retaliation for the previous day. At lessons the next day, Locke watched his friends kick dirt on Jude and Taryn's food and bully them. Jude witnessed him offering comfort to the faerie Cardan hurts for not bowing. Locke was with Nicasia, Valerian, and Prince Cardan at the revel at the court. At the age of ten, his mother was murdered and Locke had been on his own ever since, living in his family's estate. At some point, his father left to reside in the Wild. She told him that their world would grow stagnant without the human realm. Locke's mother, Liriope, took him to the human world as a child once. Cardan described him as having 'an endless appetite for merriment.' Biography Early Life He craved dramatic experiences and entertainment. Locke mentioned that he didn't mind creating a story of his own if there isn't one good enough. He liked dramatics and enjoyed being a part of the story. He showed a caring side but he was also very manipulative. Just as he was described as looking like a fox, Locke was as sly as a fox. He was described as resembling a fox with fox-like eyes and hair the color of fox fur. Locke was fairly tall and had a lean build. Locke had russet-colored hair and tawny fox eyes that were seemingly soft and feline at moments.

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