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Edmund and Genevieve joined Jacqueline and the twins in her room one more time after returning from Miraz's camp before she and the kids went out to find Aslan

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Edmund and Genevieve joined Jacqueline and the twins in her room one more time after returning from Miraz's camp before she and the kids went out to find Aslan.

"Mum, Dad, I have a question," Genevieve said a little nervously.

"What is it angel?" Edmund asked.

"That woman... in the ice," she started, "she said she was my grandma. Is that true? She was scary, I don't like her very much."

Jacqueline looked at her husband, confused. "Woman in ice? When did that happen?" She was concerned. She knew exactly who it was: her aunt.

"It was shortly before Sufak came to find me and bring me to you," Edmund answered. "She tried to come back, Nikabrik tried to bring her back using Caspian. It almost worked, she momentarily got Peter too, but I stopped her." He turned to his young daughter. "Genevieve, you are right to not like her. She was a horrible woman who did awful things to your mother and I. She was lying, trying to get at your mum and I by using you, thank Aslan it didn't work." He pulled her into a tight hug.

Jacqueline came over after setting the baby in her arms down into the cradle with his brother. She joined the hug, rubbing her daughter's back lovingly.

"So she's not my family?" The young girl asked.

"Well, not really. Not in the way your aunts and uncle are to us." Jacqueline took a deep breath before continuing her explanation to her daughter. "That woman was my aunt, my dad—your grandpa's sister. But your father is right, she was an evil woman who tried to use me to hurt my father. If you ever see her again—though I pray you never will—don't believe a word she says. She doesn't care for you the way your father and I do, the way Auntie Lulu, Aunt Susan and Uncle Peter do. She was willing to do anything for power, even hurting her own family. I promise you that I will never let her—or anyone for that matter—hurt you or anyone in my family ever again." She placed a gentle kiss on the young girl's hair. "I love you so much, baby. Do you know that?"

"I love you too mum," she nestled closer into her parents' embrace.

"My two favorite girls," Edmund sighed.

"Ahem," a voice sounded from the doorway.

"Wow Ed, nice to know where we stand," a second voice said.

His two sisters stood with their arms crossed in the doorway, playful expressions on their faces. Genevieve wiggled out of her parents' grasp and raced toward her aunts.

"Lucy! Susan!" Ed chuckled awkwardly. "You know I love you too."

"You have to say that! We're your sisters," Lucy laughed.

"Not true!" He interjected. "I don't always love Peter and he's my brother." Upon seeing the look in Susan's eyes he blurted out, "please don't kill me!" He hid behind his wife who didn't even try to disguise her laughter.

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