![]() That story alternates with the "present" day, and Elias trying to protect his study (and one of the children, Abigail, from it), and his struggle to understand what she wants because he doesn't have that example. But he keeps getting thwarted, which gives Elias hope. ![]() All the while he sees his father plan indirect cruelties in order to be allowed (by faerie magic) to harm people directly, using his power to hurt people with the same indifference he shows his son. He is trying to survive, but his routes keep getting blocked so he has to lash out. It is an interesting look into Elias' fears and experience with faerie, and why that makes him so angry about injustice. ![]() It is set both after HALF A SOUL and long before it, told from Elias' perspective as he comes to grapple with what it means to be a father to the orphans rescued from faerie and also with his own relationship to his father. ![]() THE LATCH KEY is a short story that can be obtained by signing up to the author's newsletter. ![]()
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