What is stolen will remain . . .

[belegwen]

What: Talking About Amy
When: Sunday afternoon
Who: Mabry and Jalen
Where: The kitchen and Rainbow's End

Wet, dreary spring days made Mabry feel like baking. The heat of the oven seemed almost enough to make the chilly rain retreat, and the fire in the kitchen hearth was comforting as well. And she needed that comfort today, not merely for the rain, but because of the disquiet that she had felt in her own home recently.

Besides with two small children in the house, nothing she baked would ever go uneaten.

She sang quietly to herself, slightly off-key, as she slid the pan of gingerbread into the oven. Shortbread next, she decided and drew another mixing bowl from a cabinet. She tried to focus on the spicy smell now emanating from the oven and not on the conversation she knew was coming.

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[belegwen]

Mabry smiled at Eli. "It's still too hot. It will need to cool off first. Why don't you go hang up your coat?"

She waited until the boy had left the kitchen. "Go on and place it now. I'll keep the kids happy with gingerbread."

[amys_keeper]

Jalen couldn't help grinning as he stood and watched Eli dart out of the room, while trying to pull off his coat at the same time. He was a lot like his mother. One would hope that wouldn't carry over to accidentally scorching dressers with fire magic.

"Good idea. Watch out for Eli's 'poor me' pout, he's learned it gets him things."

Another glance at the dream-catcher in his hand, and then he left, headed upstairs.