User:Roseclearfield/Draft of Ink Exchange

Plot summary
works on the side as a waitress and pays the bills more often than not, because all the money her "family" has goes to her father's drinks and her brother Ren's drug dealing profession. Never knowing when she's safe from Ren and his "customers" who raped her not long before, she lives on the edge. Her bedroom door is locked at night, she climbs out the window to go to work when they're around, and she only finds solace in her school life and close friend Aislinn. Aislinn is human, but is tangled in the world of the fey, a world she tries desperately to keep Leslie from learning about. Aislinn is the Summer Queen, and rules the Summer Court alongside Keenan, who Leslie feels "[isn't] quite meant for civilizaiton". Aislinn also has a human companion, Seth.

Characters
Bananach:(BAHN AHN AHK) Dark fey and in Irial's court. She hungers for war constantly and will do anything to get it, even overthrow Irial. She tries to entice Niall into doing it and is always giving Gabriel trouble.
 * Leslie: Human, and connected to Irial by Ink Exchange, a magical tattoo. She also loves Niall, her guardian, and ends up having him use Summer & Winter Court Powers to sever the connection.
 * Irial: (e'ri-uhl) Faerie King of the Dark Court, and connected to Leslie by the Ink Exchange so that he can "feed" his emotion-eating, deteriorating court of dark fey. He ends up falling in love with her and giving his court to Niall.
 * Niall: (n ee l) Faerie who previously served Irial and the Dark Court, but left them for the Summer Court. He watches over Leslie, and comes to love her, though he knows he shouldn't. He ends up leaving the Summer Court in an attempt to save Leslie and becomes the Dark King.
 * Aislinn: (ASH-LEAN) Previously (still somewhat) human, but is the Summer Queen and Keenan's companion. She tries to protect Leslie from the world of faeries.
 * Keenan: Summer King, he tries to use Niall's power to totally seduce humans so they can keep Leslie away from Irial.
 * Gabriel: Irial's "left hand" and trusted enforcer. The father of Rabbit, Ani, and Tish. He is forever loyal to Irial and is known for his violent methods of keeping the Dark fey in line and rebellions squashed.
 * Seth: Aislinn's human companion. They were best friends before Aislinn became Summer Queen and Keenan took her as his queen. She refused to leave her human life behind, and stayed with Seth. Their story is in the first book: Wicked Lovely.
 * Rabbit: The tattoo artist that carried out the Ink Exchange between Leslie and Irial. He is Gabriel's son, and half human. Irial has him and his sisters under protection against the wrath of the less tolerant Dark fey.
 * Ren: Leslie's brother. Deals all kinds of drugs to at least TRY to pay the bills, when he's in the mood. Often times, his "customers" come over and at one point he drugged his sister and sold her to someone and let them rape her.
 * Tish: Rabbit's sister, Gabriel's daughter and half human/faerie. She is the responsible sister between herself and Ani.
 * Ani: Rabbit's sister, Gabriel's daughter and half human/faerie. She is the unresponsible, rebellious sister that is able to feed by tasting the blood of someone. Irial finds her interesting and potentially helpful.