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Once and Future Queens
[Devona]
It is with a sword to my throat that the Queen of Light greets her.
"Faye Archer. Welcome to my home."
And although Queen Mab smiles sweetly as she says these things, not a word of it is true. Only a fool would think that Faye is welcome here. There is nothing welcoming about the Court of Faerie under the rulership of Mab. Like all things fae, it is beautiful beyond compare--Avalon has always been a place of otherworldly beauty shining as brightly as any sun, its citizens all honey-tongues and courteous to a fault. These details have never been in question. But beauty does not equal kindness, and kindness doesn't always mean compassion. A person can kill with kindness.
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