Glori giggled and opened her eyes. "How could I break the curse? You need--"
Her brain started working, jolted with dozens of images and sensations that hurtled through her memory like a freight train.
Lance shouldn't have turned into a giant mouse in broad daylight, before the dark of the moon. Unless the curse was making a last gasp effort to hang onto him.
It happened right after she kissed him.
She kissed him the day the children worked their play magic, turning her into a Fae Princess.
It took the kiss of a Fae Princess to break the curse.
"The kids turned you into a princess?" Lance stared, confused when she explained her theory. "How could they do that?"
"I'll explain later. Let's fix my spells, then we'll go home. My place or yours?" She fluttered her eyelashes at him, prompting a hoot of laughter.
"Your place. I don't want to find out if the ghostly roundup is still around or they got sent onwards, until I absolutely have to know."
"Okay. Then we'll go to my place and celebrate."
"Forever." Lance gathered her into his arms and rolled onto his back, pulling her on top of him, and captured her mouth for one of those kisses that sucked all the thoughts out of her head.
Glori laughed, sighing, and settled down to enjoy the ride. Just because they had eternity didn't mean they could waste a moment.
She hoped Matilda was right, and all this laughing and playing and passion would put a Halfling bun in her oven. Glori wanted children. Lance's children. She owed her life and her sanity, and her love, to children.
Anybody with any sense at all knows children have a magic of their own.
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About the Author
Michelle has been a story addict for as long as she can remember, discovering Narnia and Star Trek at an early age, and becoming addicted to Greek mythology. After discovering fandom in college, she published 40+ short stories in various universes including Star Trek, Highlander, and Stargate SG-1. This launched her writing career, eventually creating her own universes instead of playing in someone else's.
She has a BA in theater/English from Northwestern College and a MA in communication, focused on film and writing from Regent University. She continues to write and submit scripts for various screenwriting competitions.
In 1990, she broke into the public market when she won 1st place in the 4th quarter of the Writers of the Future contest, earning prize money, royalty money, and publication in that year's anthology. It took another 10 years before her first book contract, for Heir of Faxinor. Since then, Michelle has published 40+ books and novellas with multiple e-publishers, in science fiction and fantasy, YA, and many sub-genres of romance. She has been a finalist in the EPIC Awards competition multiple times, winning with Lorien in 2006, and The Meruk Episodes, 1-5, in 2010, and has garnered 4s and 5s from many review sites.
Her training includes the Institute for Children's Literature; 8+ years in advertising; 10 years at a community newspaper; and freelance editing for small presses and a major business publisher.
In 2008, she launched her own freelance editing business, offering proofreading as well as light or in-depth editing services on an hourly basis. Check her Web site: www.Mlevigne.com and click on the red pen to learn more.
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