Jenaiah Aldric ~ by Kytheira

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Soon enough, she read books which not even my so-called husband managed to read - though, he wasn't excessively intelligent anyway. She couldn't get enough of learning. Sometimes we sat for hours, talking about everything I can think of." "Where are my grandparents now?" Adair asked. "They died a few years ago. It must sound rude - after all your grandmother was my daughter - but I can't claim that I was overwhelmed with grief."

7 years ago

Kytheira

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Not even Gareth's parents minded that their son was dead. They said it was the punishment of the gods for mating a beast." Adair's eyes glowed white when he heard this. He growled quietly. "Indeed - that's exactly what I thought when I heard it," she replied sadly. "She was neither a beast nor a monster. She was an amazing, kind and intelligent woman. Your father taughter her to read and write. (c)

7 years ago

Kytheira

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You grew so fast ... when he was four or five, I never knew in which shape you would come to greet me. A kitten, a little dog, a birdie ... he was the most crazy kid I ever saw." she chuckled. "But then my husband found out where I went, and it got harder to sneak away. When your parents were killed," she explained, "we were in a city at the other end of the domain. When we retuned we were told that nobody survived. The people in the town didn't mind what happened. (c)

7 years ago

Kytheira

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He was shunned from his family and his friends, and Gareth's grandmother was the only one who cared for him. "They had been so happy when they got you," she murmured, with tears. "And you were such a cute little thing. You were so tiny and dark blue, and this little tail was so cute! Everyone else would have said you were ugly, but you were indeed the cutest thing I ever saw. They named you Adair after my late brother. The first years I came as often as I could. (c)

7 years ago

Kytheira

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However, he didn't want to marry but to travel. He quitted his job as a teacher in a school and began to travel for some time through different domains. Some years later, when he came home for some time, he found a young shapeshifter-woman - Adair's mother. His parents were astonished when their son announced he would stay here and build a house a few miles away, at the lake. Then they found out that there was a woman with him, and later also that she was a shapeshifter. (c)

7 years ago

Kytheira

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She asked him to take seat and went to the stove to brew some tea. When they sat, she said: "You know, I knew your father very well, dear boy. Gareth de'Khell was my grandson." Adair was gobsmacked. "Your grand --- so you are my great-grandmother?" The old woman nodded. "Indeed, dear boy, I am. And all those years since your parents were killed, I thought you were dead too." So she told him the whole story: how Gareth de'Khell's parents expected their grown-up son to marry an elven girl.

7 years ago