Velia remembered that day in the wood where she met with Jane for the last time, the later large with child and the world they both loved in tatters just beyond a barrier.copyright protection5ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2wE1YL5Sg
She remembered how her hands shook as she knelt before the human woman as one would to a crowned queen, head downcast as she silently prayed to whichever Gods listening that she could do this ritual without faltering. copyright protection5ＰＥＮＡＮＡBq9kBzsoBj
She recalled how her brain had all but stopped working when she tried to recite the vows she had written, causing her to stumble over herself.copyright protection5ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0o9AmukyBD
And she remembered the way that the fire had descended upon them as the four lateral gods accepted her as the unborn child's godmother.copyright protection5ＰＥＮＡＮＡtI9HpWNr4O
It seemed so very far away now, as she watched the now fourteen-year-old girl wonder well past where she was meant to go.copyright protection5ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnLd443QYC
Though one could not expect a halfling to behave to human customs. No, even she could see that Onya (dubbed Anya by her maternal grandmother) was as wild and restless as she had been as a girl and that would make things all the easier when it came down to it.copyright protection5ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8c7cTQ6yh
After all, a halfling in the land of faerie should at the very least have faerie traits.copyright protection5ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WTxpaYYSu
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