Ooh, I totally missed this when I was on the boards last week. Glad you posted!
Jela-Nor opened her eyes, turned to Wells, and nodded. One error fixed--Mazik wouldn't get his hands on the diary.
Whoa-huh? NOT get his hands on the diary?!
I can't decide whether that's a good thing, or a bad thing--after all, the diary is the catalyst for Lois figuring out the secret.
I enjoy it when you throw around little words like "somewhen."
I agree with Elisabeth--"somewhen" is a rather nifty word.
For now, I like Jela-Nor. The debate is still on about whether or not I think she's actually going to "live down" her family's history though. On the one hand, you've painted her somewhat sympathetically here.
But on the other, she does seem to brag a lot about being more powerful than Superman (except for the breath thing), and she's actually working to prevent the diary from coming to Jason Mazik--and thereby to Clark, who destroys it.
It looks like the Nor family just can't beat out those pesky Els. :p