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Loneliness had been her companion until, ignoring all the warnings, she performed the rituals that brought him to her. She had expected to find him no more than she expected to find the pool of water. For a week, she went to him. They never spoke but for that week she was his. Then he was gone, as was the lake, and she finally understood the warnings she'd been given. But she hasn't completely forsaken him and she'll return to the clearing, yearning for his return even as she...
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Loneliness had been her companion until, ignoring all the warnings, she performed the rituals that brought him to her. She had expected to find him no more than she expected to find the pool of water. For a week, she went to him. They never spoke but for that week she was his. Then he was gone, as was the lake, and she finally understood the warnings she'd been given. But she hasn't completely forsaken him and she'll return to the clearing, yearning for his return even as she fears for the child she carries.