This story won me Litopia's Flash Fiction competition in November 2009.
No Turning Back
Have you found Tsuke yet?
Paul and Karen are rebuilding a cautious friendship since their divorce, but her emails still carry echoes.
Tsuke has been good for him. A human baby stolen from her cradle, she's grown in courage and wisdom until she commands the respect of her former captors, leads her own band of fae fighters in the Forest War, and has helped Paul to sell eleven successful novels.
And, yes, Karen is correct: in Tsuke, he has created his perfect love.
Which explains why he is failing to meet his deadline for this final book, and why he's written her into an impossible situation. He can't let her go.
He answers the urgent midnight rap on his front door and Tsuke stands on tiptoe to kiss his cheek. Behind her, his garden has become The Forest.
"I need you." She is beautiful. "Will you come?"
2010 Summer Reading Trail
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