I just have to visit the grove one last time, thought Rose. Even if I was never the One. This place took me to the other side, took my little girl, and made us never want to leave. My daughter, Maxine, still hasn't come back. It will take my granddaughter too. I have to protect her. Even if she can save them, it still won't be worth it. In all likelihood, she will die for their cause.
But I still want to go back. A Grace woman cannot resist Atalia. It's wonderful and terrible in its beauty. There are few ways to get there anymore. The grove is the only one I know of, so I will take Nikki far, far away.
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Meridian
FantasyNikki Grace is living with her father, Gabriel, in New York City. Far away from the cool forests and lakes of rural North Carolina where memories of her mothers abandonment haunt them. Nikki's grandmother is steadily deteriorating into insanity, so...
