![]() ![]() What he can't just take, he'll find a way to steal. He has no morals, because his race, his people, what do they need them for? He's powerful, he sees things differently than Jenny, from mortals because he's not mortal. ![]() But she doesn't have to give in because he's too clever for her. She's stubborn, she still has some pride, and the line about a kiss being forcibly taken has hit too close to home for her. If she wants him to free one of her friends, she has to give him the answer-he wants a kiss.īut she doesn't give in. It's a simple answer to a not-so-simple riddle, and Jenny's pride at figuring it out is only dashed when Julian reminds her of the terms. And I'm yielded with pleasure when taken by force. I'm a gift beyond measure, a matter of course. I am the parent of numbers that cannot be told. How can she ignore him when he loves her so much? She's enchanted, he's enchanting, and she always falls for his tricks (and then she falls for him). He tricks her, first allowing himself to touch her hair, then her hand, as if slowly but surely he's taking everything she is, everything that's hers, and there's nothing she can do about it. He's a trickster, taking what he wants, never worrying about the price. Those electric blue eyes hidden behind the dark fringe of his lashes give her a jolt every time they fall on her, she can't help but marvel at his beauty, and she's forever been drawn in to him. He's so good, that is, at being evil, at being dark and capricious and cruel, that it's easy to forget, easy to pretend he's a real boy, a real boy who loves her, a real boy who's everything Tom Locke isn't (but she loves Tom, she has to save him, she will save him). She's afraid that she's falling for the Shadow Man. He gives her the silver rose, he steals the touch of her hand and she pretends to be angry.īecause Jenny has a secret. Except he's trapped them in his world, his realm, and he's playing with their lives for her love. He's striking, a sight to behold, and after the dark elves with their flippers for hands and hooves for feet, a welcome change.Įxcept he has the power to kill them all. He finds reasons for them to be alone, to be together, first at the More Games store, then in the house, and now as he masquerades as the Erlking. And then she follows Audrey through her nightmare, she's being taken to see the Erlking and it hits her all at once. It's not the reason she left her square of white paper blank or why she struggles through Dee's nightmare, knowing that hers is infinitely worse than being probed by aliens. It's not the secret and it's not the fear that's kept her from remembering these last eleven years. ![]()
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