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Chapter 59: The Things We Don't Say

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"We don't need luck," Daisy said confidently as she and Harmony walked towards the bar on the pier. "We just need to show the Felis siblings how fabulous we are." "And you're sure they'd said they'd come?" Harmony asked, for the third time since they left the house. "I swear" Daisy answered, holding the door. "After you." The warmth hit their faces as they walk inside, taking off their winter cloaks and revealing their party dresses. The singer song-writer music from the jukebox feels a bit out of place in such a rustic setting, as does the long tables that look like they're more for eating than drinking. It's as if they stepped into a diner, only it's a bar instead. There is no dancefloor to speak of, other than a little area by the bar. The place looks deserted when they first walk in and Harmony starts having second thoughts, but as they order the first drink of the night, people start filing in. More impo...

Chapter 58: A Tale of Two Siblings

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Whatever Valentine was expecting when returning home, a locked door wasn't it. But that's, nevertheless what he got. Checking the time, he wonders if he's just too early. It's 8 PM, sunset in Tartosa, but in Forgotten Hollow the sun dips behind the mountain far sooner than that. Even with the door bolted shut during the day, it should be open now. As knocking gets him no where, he heads off, uncertain of where to go, or if he can return at all. Has the count really thrown him out? Without saying anything? And what will he do if that's the case? He has things he wants, possessions that he's brought with him that he cares about. And while he can always spend a day or two at Helenas, they just started seeing each other, it's not like he can just ask if he can move in. Can he? No, no, he can't, it's far too soon. For a while he wanders the town, but then he remembers that Caleb told him he could always come see him. And so he decides that's what he...