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“No, I was only joking What brings you by?”

Jade pointed to the desk in the corner “Typewriter Will it bother you if I peck away a bitto write a book At least atteh it’ll takeon the keys”

“I told you, you’ll get used to the arrangened for slower progress so you don’t jam the metal arms that hit the paper”

Lisette ca out a slew of letters that caused the short rods to stick in a clumped mess before they could tap the paper and leave their mark

“Gotcha,” Jade said “Slow and steady isn’t such a bad thing after all”

She discarded the sheet and inserted a fresh one Having no real idea where to begin, she let her instinct and her heart guide her

Chapter One

Not all huood Not all demons are evil…

“You didn’t enjoy the veal,hall

It ell pastsince dispersed Darien had not joined the to eat alone, as he’d done for over a week now Tonight he’dmuch of an appetite

Ignoring Sheena’s question, he asked, “Have you been to the village?”

“Not since the night of the battle” Sinking into a chair at the long, wide table that sat fifty, she said, “I feel bad about that I chastised Jade and told her she wasn’t in this alone, and then I stopped seeing her That’s not how friends treat each other”

Darien agreed but then again… He’d not spoken with the woht either Therefore, he took great interest in Sheena’s reason for her actions ?

?Why haven’t you gone to see her?”

The vaaze lifted to meet his “Why haven’t you?”