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for
Cordellia’s heart sometime soon.”
    He laughed. “Nobody’s going to take my
girl away from me.”
    I liked the way he said
that.
    “ Fate will be what it will
be, so I surrender.” She looked at me and put her hand on my arm.
“I’m just so glad to have my baby back.” She started to cry, but
then stopped herself. A smile spread on her face as she touched my
cheek.
    We spent the next couple of hours
talking with Telly. Mostly Telly and I told each other about our
lives since we were apart. Both of us felt sad that we hadn’t
experienced the time together. But, I had mixed feelings. Even
though, I felt that I should have been with Telly, I wouldn’t trade
my past with my mother.
    I loved my mom even with all her flaws
and even with her betrayals. I knew my mother was only doing what
she thought was best. She was dogmatic about her beliefs and she
truly believed that if she left me with Telly, I would be the
catalyst in bringing forth hell on Earth. With that belief, which
in all honesty, could be true, my mother displayed true
heroism.
    But, I would prove my mother wrong.
Shaul and I would never take a chance in bringing a baby into the
world. We would never make love. And, with that, the world would
never change for better or worse. Planet Earth would remain the
same, a balance between good and evil.
    “ Now that we’ve found each
other,” Telly said, “…we’ll have to decorate your bedroom just the
way you like it.”
    “ What!” I said more as a
statement than as a question.
    “ You’re only sixteen,
Cordellia. You have to live with your mother.” She stared at me
with a confused expression on her face. “You do want to live with
me—don’t you?”
    I started to panic. “I’ve never
thought about it.” I looked at Shaul. He looked as surprised as me.
“I mean, I’ve lived a whole other life and to just move in here
would be so strange after everything I’ve been through.”
    Her expression saddened. “Oh.” She
gazed at the baby pictures on the crystal wall. “Patravia really
did ruin my life.”
    “ Look,” Shaul said to
Telly. “You said so yourself that Cordellia’s father is calling her
to Azkelon…”
    “ Yes.”
    “ Well, why doesn’t
Cordellia go to Azkelon to see her father and then come back to you
afterward?”
    Her eyes lifted. “Oh?” she mumbled.
Her cheeks were flush.
    “ The trip will give her
more time to get used to the idea of living with you. After all,
she had no idea Patravia wasn’t her real mother. She needs time to
adjust to the new information.”
    She smiled lightly. “You’re right.”
She set her hand on my knee. “It would be good for you to meet your
father.”
    I think she must have kissed me a
thousand times before we left. My mind was so mixed up that I
didn’t know what to feel.
    “ Come on,” Shaul said as he
pulled me up into the sky. Silver faerie wings fluttered from his
back. My wings were extended too as we soared hand in hand in the
sky. Though I was awkward in my flight, I was starting to get the
hang of it.
    We flew through a group of young
faeries playing a game of soccer in the sky. Sparkly seahorse
creatures with wings held up goals made of bamboo and
phosphorescent ribbons. The faerie boys and girls dribbled a ball
across the blue-grey expanse and a girl with many braids in her
hair and magenta wings that fluttered very fast scored. The ball
shot through the goal just as we passed. Cheers and laughter filled
the sky.
    Suddenly, we were greeted by one of
the mechanical unicorns we saw earlier when we first entered Aurora
Springs. I was surprised to see that in addition to his prominent
horn in the center of his forehead, this unicorn had huge white
feathered wings extending from his back.
    “ Well, hello there,” the
unicorn said in a dopey, masculine voice. His legs reared up with a
screech of metal against metal.
    We stopped midair, surprised by its
greeting.
    “ Oh, sorry about my
squeaky, squawky joints. I need a