NOTES FROM THE AUTHOR

Hi guys before we begin the story, I must tell you about how this story came about and how to read it.

This story is called The Genie's Gifts it is a joint project of me (Purple Lolly) and Norrsken, who I meet on a role-playing site called Empire of Ashes, which is sadly no longer with us. My character on this site was Helen, Hephaistion's sister and who you will meet as a baby in this story and she was Stefanos bodyguard and friend to both the late Alexander and Hephaistion, who I'm sure you have meet in either mine or Norrsken's fictions. As Helen and Stefanos we shared many, many, many adventures in the hunt for her brother's murderer but sadly those adventures were cut short when the site was disbanded after the tragic death of it's creator and follow role player Sally Woodfield.

Fast forward to the end of last year when we decided to recreate a little slice of EOA here on and so The Genie's Gifts was born. Without given to much of the plot line away it's a story in two halves I started it off and Norrsken finished it ( her half will be called The Genie's Gifts India) and was beta by Norrsken's friend Denise.

Now pay close attention because here is how you read it.

FIRST YOU READ THIS HALF ( Chapter 1-7) AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY, IN CASE YOU READ NORRSKEN'S ENTRY FIRST AND FEEL LIKE YOU MISSED OUT ON SOMETHING OR YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THE FULL STORY ARC.

It is really that simple, So read The Genie's Gifts( after the intro) then look out for Norrsken's The Genie's Gifts India to see how it all ends.

Hope you enjoy the adventure

Purple Lolly and Norrsken.