Sharon
Sharon asked Delilah S. Dawson:

Hello! I love your world-building in your Blud series and I adore Criminy. Can you clarify a few things for me about the plot? -Does Vale have an extended/immortal life like Criminy and the others? Or does he age normally like Frannie and Thom? -When Cherie got kidnapped, did she also get raped/sexually abused during that time, when she was trapped with the other girls?

Delilah S. Dawson Thank you so much! Vale isn't immortal, but he is longer lived than your average human. If Bludmen can live to 300, I'm guessing Vale would hit 150, maybe, since he's half human. And as for Cherie... what happened to her is a reflection of the child sex trade, and her time there was a nightmare. In Wicked Ever After, I mention that she finally got her happily ever after, though. As a rape victim myself, I can't imagine a world in which women weren't weighed down by past abuse, but I also want to see them move past it and triumph on the other side, like I feel I did.

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