Cailee Francis

This place was as dark and carried the same scent of pine trees that was common to the forest. She could hear the wind lightly swaying the branches, but there were no sounds out of the ordinary. Everything seemed the same.__hat am I missing?_ Ursula asked curiously, though she wondered whether Aleana had stopped just to see what she__ say or do.Aleana giggled. __o the charm really does hide it from human sight._ She gave the air a knock, and strangely there was a sound, just like she was knocking on wood.

The forest smelled fresh here and the ground was soft, carpeted by leaves and fallen pine needles. It was tranquil and enchanting in its way. Ursula was lovely; she just wasn__ a naiad. Her hair was dark and sleek, and so long it fell below her waist, swaying this way and that as she walked. Her eyes were a piercing blue, always aware, and she had a keen eye for the smallest details. She may have been a merchant, but she__ also trained as an archer for the city militia, and she could easily spot movement at a distance. That was her intention now; it was just a different kind of movement.

Aleana wasn__ sure she was dreaming but she had some inkling that it might not be fully real. She tried to break through the mental fog she felt, but the vision of Ursula drew her back into the dream. She was truly beautiful and a welcome sight. Aleana gently grasped Ursula__ waist and pulled her down harder, while her lips claimed kiss after sensual kiss from the beauty__ pastel pink lips.

I often had thoughts of vengeance, but I never felt they consumed me. In the days after our conversation, I thought about what Lee had said about Lydia__ killer having a new beginning in a different life. I didn__ want it to get in the way of justice, but didn__ everyone deserve a chance to begin again and become a better person? I think Lee knew he could reach my spirit of fairness, and as a human being __r near enough to one, it seemed unfathomable that someone should be made to pay for their past-life transgressions in a future life. I suppose that__ what karma was, in a way, just very different from an avenging fae. It didn__ mean I wouldn__ punish him, of course, if I had the chance.

They came with a massive force of numbers: to rip apart the veil of existence that few knew even existed. They tore their way into our world relentlessly, and once they breathed our air and stood on the soil of our homelands, they killed and maimed, surging from their rifts in numbers incalculable. Their troops on the ground were supported by winged creatures never intended for our world. The monsters swooped from the darkness beyond, filling the sky with dark silhouettes like bats, only much more dangerous. Never before had humanity faced such a force of evil and no one was immune to their violence.