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...cruiser parked at the sidewalk.  Deborah tried to remind herself that Lily would be much different now; she would be fifteen, practically a young woman.  Deborah feared to think of how Lily would have been affected by the dreadful things she'd been through in her short life.

She neared the car and grabbed the handle on the back door, wrenching it open.

Inside, sat Lily.  She gazed up at her mother with beautiful chocolate brown eyes. 

Deborah backed away a step, involuntarily.  She was confused. 

Inside the car, sat a four year old girl, with bouncy brown curls, just as she had been those eleven years ago. 

Deborah covered her mouth for fear of the sounds that might emit from it.  It was Lily, all right.  There could be no doubt. 

"Mama!"  Lily raised her arms to her mother and began to cry out for her.

Deborah stood motionless.  Her daughter had returned.

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jait "A couple possible subtleties... No sweet & low... fae often have an aversion to cold iron or steel, which traditionally has been because it is manufactured. I like the aversion to artificial chemicals... a possible fae weakness in the modern age? Difficult if they're so keen on Coffee.

Doug hasn't shown up yet. Wondering how he fits into it.... I'm thinking perhaps Reedren may've been the hunter that brought Verano back to the faerie-side... though why he feels indebted to Lily is a mystery to me... There's got to be something there worth exploring.
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Tasha_Noble "Haha if he doesn't, I might! Hadn't seen it until smac drew my attention to it."
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Jillian "So, are you thinking about adding, smac? Huh? huh? *wink, nudge* ...adding?"
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Jillian ""Politics. Summer has made some bad decisions, and in order not to lose face, some of the changelings needed to be set free. Or Winter would gain too much power."


So many possibilities from this one sentence alone!! Loooove it!
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Bolsheviki "Oh, you've gotta have the Faeries, Jillian. xDD
...Or else they might be angry. =o
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Jillian "Yay, Faeries!! : D"

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