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Chapter 45 - A Mothers Love has Limits
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Pear Tree Cottage hadn’t really changed at all In the last 10 years. The garden still sat neat and pristine. Roses still flowering even as Winter grew nearer.
We stood on the outer boarders, unable to cross over onto Lilith’s lands without permission.
We arrived just before dusk. Our figures visible on the horizon, in full view for Lilith to see. We stood, half shrouded in darkness and waited.
We didn’t need to wait for long before she materialised in front of us. As unchanged as the house behind her.
“Demons are not welcome here.” She calls to us from the relative safety of her wards.
“Well, that’s not very friendly is it… mother?” I ask her, my eyebrow hooked up into my hair line.
“Lucas.” She said, seemingly only just noticing me. Surprise registered on her face as she took in my form.
“Lucas what are you doing here?” A suspicious look clouding her other
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