Title: A Tithe to Hell

Author: ningenfucker Pairing: Light x L Length: 34,000 words

Rating: M Warnings for knife & bloodplay, excessive eyerolling, bad metaphoric comparisons of L to amphibians, birds, monkeys, insects, cave dwellers, and fungi, ridiculous amounts of cuddling, and cake as a plot device.

Notes: This fic was created and posted in the draft stages on an entirely anonymous forum, which is probably why I actually finished it without freaking out. It was a great experience and one everyone should have. 3

Thanks to kamisutra, Q, and KXO for betaing, and with helpless, unending fangirl buckets of love to Quaedam. I am so honored and grateful and lucky to get to present this fic with your incredible artwork.

Title and epigrams are taken from The Ballad of Tam Lin. Extra-special thanks to the meme for inspiration and encouragement, and to you for reading. I never expected this fic to turn into what it did.

This fic is dedicated to kamisutra, for whom it was most joyfully written.

A Tithe to Hell

O I was born of mortal flesh

as human as you be

until from my horse one day I fell

and the fairy queen caught me

pleasant is the fairy land

but an eerie tale to tell

at the end of seven years

they must pay a tithe to hell

For all of you who have read this fic here at FFN, I thank you very, very much for slogging through this monstrosity. You are braver than I am. I can barely look at it. All the horrible formatting! I have been trying for like a year to cope with FFN's horrific formatting guidelines, and I officially give up. Please find this fic and read it, formatted the way it was meant to be read, at:

ningenfucker. livejournal. com

thank you all. I appreciate the reviews and the views here so much. 3333 - Aja aka bookshop (aka ningenfucker! :D)