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The Forgotten Ones

The Forgotten Ones

Titel: The Forgotten Ones
Autoren: Laura Howard
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woman tracing her finger down his jawline.
    Aodhan stood guard at the door while we waited for Deaghlan to come alter Ethan’s memories. It felt very wrong to let them tamper with his mind, but there wasn’t much of a choice. If we let him go back to Stoneville as he was, he’d think the women were just a dream, but he’d also be missing a three week chunk of memories. A day and half in Tír na n’Óg meant we’d missed nearly a month back home.
    A dark brown curl fell over Ethan’s eye, and I reached out to smooth it back.
    Saoirse and Niamh had been here a little while ago. Niamh had showed me, what had happened while we were away from reality so I could play along when we returned. Saoirse’s watery basin was pretty handy when you needed to get caught up to speed on what you’d missed in your life.
    The story was that I’d found my mother sitting by the Duck Pond halfway between our house and the house Joanne had grown up in. Life had gone back to normal after that, or as normal as life can be when it’s a bunch of faeries disguised as you and the people you care about. Both Ethan and I had come down with “mono” to keep our interactions with others limited. I could just imagine all the jokes about us both coming down with the kissing disease.
    Pop had spent a lot of time going to the doctor. He’d been feeling some discomfort in his chest, and I watched Gram tell fake-Allison that Pop would be fine, that the doctor visits were “just to be on the safe-side.”
    Aodhan cleared his throat, announcing Deaghlan’s arrival and breaking me out of my thoughts.
    As soon as he entered the room, Deaghlan’s eyes found mine. He walked toward me, and I couldn’t make myself look away. I could feel each step he took in my pulse as he got closer. Aodhan had said Deaghlan was like a wolf, but to me he was more like a tiger. Every move he made was a smoldering combination of intimidating and enticing.
    His lips curved up, he knew exactly what he was capable of. I squeezed my eyes shut, pushing together the tiny threads of my mind that hadn’t come completely unglued.
    “Allison,” Deaghlan said. His smug expression confirmed that, yes, he absolutely knew the effect he had on me.
    My face screwed up into what I hoped passed as a pleasant smile. I drew my knees up under my chin and wrapped my arms around my legs. Tearing my eyes from Deaghlan wasn’t easy, but I managed to somehow focus on Ethan lying on the bed.
    Deaghlan stood in front of me, and with one last smirk, he leaned over the bed and placed a hand on Ethan’s forehead. He closed his eyes and bowed his head, not making a sound.
    After several minutes, he opened his eyes and stood. I glanced over at Aodhan, still standing by the door. His face was completely blank, but I didn’t miss the way his jaw stood out or that his knuckles were completely white.
    “He’s done,” Deaghlan said, clasping his hands in front of his waist.
    I looked down at the white tips of my sneakers. “Thanks.”
    I heard the sound of footsteps as Liam walked into the room. We all watched quietly as he paced for a moment.
    “Liam, what is it?” I asked, unable to keep quiet for long.
    He stopped pacing and leaned against the wall. He met my eyes briefly before rubbing his hands over his face.
    “Your mother is adamant about not going home. But we don’t have the amulet yet…we can’t break the geis.”
    “Not going home?” I said. The rest I had already had to accept.
    “She’s panicking about going back to the way she was. I can’t even talk to her.”
    I dropped my feet to the floor and stood, not even looking in Deaghlan’s direction. “Where is she?”
    “In the gardens,” Liam said. “But Allison, once we get her home safely, I’ll figure out how to break the geis. I will. This will all be over soon.”
    Something cold trickled down my spinal cord. “To break the geis,” I said,“we need Aoife's amulet, don’t we?”
    Liam shifted. “Well, yes.”
    “And where is Aoife?” I looked over at Deaghlan.
    I hadn’t said anything about the incident with Aoife to anyone, but Deaghlan and Saoirse must have known she’d somehow escaped the fey sphere.
    “You make things so much more interesting, Allison,” Deaghlan said. He arched his brow, a slow smile spreading across his features.
    “Aoife will be dealt with,” Saoirse said from the door. “But, now it’s time for all of you to go home.”
    “I’ll talk to my mom,” I said, and I slid
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