Will Summer react at all?
My guess is they will react because Summer and Winter always seem act in opposition to one another. However, perhaps Winter’s alliance might not matter until it’s formalized or publicly announced.
That last argument seems a little thin to me, so here’s two ways that I think Summer might react. One way would be to try to kill Harry. First, Lara is off limits because Summer doesn’t want to risk starting a war with the White Court.
I don’t think Titania would send the Gruffs after Harry because it is too overt now that Harry is the Winter Knight. I suspect Summer / Titania would be covert. She might hire a mercenary to do her dirty work. Not directly of course, there would be a go between, a cut out. This has been hinted at; in a backwards manner, by Jim Butcher himself. In a recent interview Jim mentioned that Harry will get his own Valkyrie bodyguard inTwelve Months. My guess; and it’s not a real hard guess, is that Lara hires the Valkyrie to protect Harry because she needs Harry alive tot get Thomas out of Demonreach and to protect the alliance with Winter.
The second way Summer could move to balance the scales with Winter is to form an alliance of their own. I suppose Summer could align with some faction we haven’t met yet, but I doubt that will happen. I think the most likely partner for Summer is the Svartalfs. Wizards and the Fae don’t really trust one another so I don’t think the White Council would make a good candidate, though I’ve been wrong before. The Swartalfs probably suspect that Lara Raith had something to do with Thomas Raith’s escape from the dungeon in what was formerly Marcone’s castle and of course they are right about that. The Svartalfs still have a score to settle with Thomas and they may suspect that Harry has found a magical way to shield Thomas. The Swaretalfs are normally a very insular people but circumstances might make them rethink their normal policy of remaining aloof.
What do you think?
