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The Changeling Baby
Date: 1/1/2016, Categories: Supernatural, Author: TamLin, Rating: 3, Source: LushStories
his head. “This isn’t happening,” he said. Nissa came toward him but he circled the room, keeping distance between them. "Let me explain," she said. “We just want to help you." "I don’t want help," William said. He stopped. What did she mean "we"? He heard a floorboard creak behind him. He turned around. "William," said the troll father. “Please listen." William ran. Nissa was in his way, but she didn't stop him. He ran out the door, leapt the stairs in one go, and was at his apartment in less time than it took to exhale. He fumbled in his pockets for his keys. His fingers felt fat and clumsy all of a sudden, and the lock gave him trouble. Finally he pushed the door in and slammed it behind him, so hard it shook the wall. His mind reeled. He ran for the bathroom, thinking he was about to vomit. What was going on? He felt strange: His muscles ached and his bones throbbed. His vision blurred and he dropped to his knees. Did she do something to me, he thought? Am I poisoned? His clothes grew tight around his body. He was suffocating! William struggled to the bathroom door, and when he saw his own hand on the knob he finally realized what was happening. "No," he said, voice trembling. "No, no, no!" He opened the door. He went to the mirror. He looked. He screamed. *** It was an hour before his parents came home, and it was sundown before they started to worry about him. He wanted to say something to reassure them, but he didn't. He just watched them pace and cry and argue. He was ...