tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362401282024-03-13T22:45:56.611-04:00House of Sensual Romance™This is a place of comfort for everyone. I hope you enjoy my stories, and those of my friends. Let me know what you liked about them and what you didn't. You can also visit my website lavernethompson.webs.com for more excerpts of my work. And all work on my blog is copyright protected.LaVernehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11022592127617744211noreply@blogger.comBlogger267125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36240128.post-29863085192263908892022-03-07T09:00:00.001-05:002022-03-07T09:00:00.235-05:00Choose Me Excerpt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLkcqjNW62OdaX5blBp3qnrUqc1EkMheISgrH2YgqPFNWkBRzqaMLLb42fKq_u_dx0Z9W0jzclYpe5J1v1nJle5Qrg6FTdluP65eNRle8bduNohboIlDKoC-io-ceGn1Q83g6FA-6KvnYtD8Ttj5AJf302aZysSXcxzjD7DYsQWC6u8iU6udw=s1000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLkcqjNW62OdaX5blBp3qnrUqc1EkMheISgrH2YgqPFNWkBRzqaMLLb42fKq_u_dx0Z9W0jzclYpe5J1v1nJle5Qrg6FTdluP65eNRle8bduNohboIlDKoC-io-ceGn1Q83g6FA-6KvnYtD8Ttj5AJf302aZysSXcxzjD7DYsQWC6u8iU6udw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Choose Me</p><p style="text-align: center;">Unedited Excerpt</p><p style="text-align: center;">Copyrighted 2022</p><p style="text-align: center;">by LaVerne Thompson writing as Ursula Sinclair</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%;">Future</span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">“Vin!”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">“What!” There was something about the way
she said my name that had me blinking and trying to focus. A shudder traveled
through my body. What the hell time is it? The connections in my brain were
still a bit fuzzy, but I recognized the pitch of that voice. I’d heard it
enough times. Something was wrong. “Christie?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">“I’m at the hospital, Vin. The baby…”
Terror laced her tone.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">“What? Isn’t it too early? Is something
wrong?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">“You gotta come now.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">My heart pressed against my chest. “Okay,
okay on my way.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">I glanced at the time on my phone. Since
my head hit the pillow, I’ve had less than three hours of sleep. Rolling out of
bed, I downed some aspirin I kept on the nightstand. Staggering to the bathroom
I washed my face with cold water. It helped. My eyesight was no longer quite so
blurry, and I could see my blood shot eyes from little sleep. But my mind was
clear. I quickly tossed on some clean clothes then caught an Uber to the
hospital, Christie had scheduled the delivery in. This woman prepared for
everything, I hoped like hell that’s where she was. I pulled out my phone to
shoot a group text to my best friends but stopped before pressing send. First,
it was three fucking o’clock in the morning and secondly, I had no idea what
the hell was going on, other than I could hear the panic in Christie’s voice.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">At that hour, it only took about fifteen
minutes for me to get to the hospital. Still, by the time I got there—it was
the right hospital, thank fuck—they’d already taken Christie into surgery. I
wasn’t family, just the father of the child we’d both agreed to put up for a
private adoption. Which meant no one would tell me anything, other than to have
a seat and wait for the doctor. Or the lawyer, for the couple adopting the
baby. But I wasn’t sure if the hospital or Christie had notified the lawyer, or
the couple, and I wasn’t going to remind anyone. At this point, I also didn’t
give a rats ass.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">“Mr. Tinsdale?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">I stood up. A pretty young woman in plain
purple colored swabs stood in front of me. “Yes, how’s Christie and the baby?”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">“Christie signed a form before they took her
in, allowing us to talk to you as the father of the baby. The baby is in
distress and the doctor is performing an emergency C-section as soon as he
knows more he’ll come out to speak to you.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">“Thank you.” I plopped my ass back down
onto the seat. It wasn’t until the nurse disappeared through the double doors I
questioned what she’d said. Or rather the way she said it, know more about
what? Shouldn’t it only be to tell me if it was a boy or a girl? Oh God! Did
distress mean the baby might die? Was Christie going to be okay? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">I ran my fingers through my shorthair as
these thoughts played table tennis in my mind. I’d made a bit of an ass of
myself earlier at the nurses’ station, demanding someone come out to tell me
something. All I could do now was sit and wait for the doctor.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">I sat there alone, my hands rested on my
knees, head down, eyes staring at the floor, seeing nothing but my f’ing life
rolling away from me. Tied to someone I didn’t even like—for life. One who
would be the mother of my child, because some shitty piece of latex
malfunctioned. Fuck of a malfunction. Still, I prayed if there was a supreme
being or beings somewhere out there that Christie and the baby were going to be
okay.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">I took a deep breath. Single mother,
single father, nothing single about it. There was an innocent life involved. A
life apparently who wanted to make an early appearance. Way early. A preemie.
My child would be a preemie. Labels—fucking labels. All my life I’ve dealt with
them. But I refuse to be placed in anyone’s box. As long as Christie, and my
child are okay, that’s all I cared about.</p>
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got no tragic story to tell. No one beat me or bullied me as a child, nor did I
live in squalor. I grew up in a ‘normal’ whatever that is, suburban home in
Great Falls, the upper class section of Northern Virginia, went to a private
school and could do two things well, three things really well.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">I could fight, mixed martial arts, and
had a knack for finance. I knew what would make money, and I made it, lots of
it. The other thing I could do was fuck. I loved both men and women; I believed
in equal opportunity. Okay, so maybe my parents didn’t know about the men part
of my life, but really I didn’t flaunt it with them because I never took any
relationship, male or female, seriously when I lived at home or even much after
I moved out on my own. Still don’t. And I couldn’t bring myself to tell them
they were going to have a grandchild they won’t watch grow up. Yeah, I’ve been
procrastinating about that.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">The only one I would have ever taken
home, or given up anything and anyone else for, was Maze. My bestfriend. But
that secret I’d take to my grave. Not because I think he’d kill me, he is more
than capable, but no, he’s cool like that. He’d probably tell me to dream on
and then offer me a beer. Of course his language would be more colorful. Dude
loved to drop ‘F’ bombs, even more than I do.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">When I met Maze years ago in Japan, he
never knew, never suspected I felt that way about him. Oh, he’d always known I
was bisexual, but not how I felt about him, and telling him now might weird him
out. He’s married with his own child on the way. Besides, no need for him to
know. I no longer feel that way about him. I got over it years ago, before we
both came back to the States from Japan, where we both fought in the arenas. All
that was a long time ago. We’d both changed. Although, while he’d settled down
with the love of his life, I still searched for mine.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">He and I have been best friends for years
now, and I know that’s all we’d ever be. Besides, the first night I spent any
real time around him and his wife Ivy, I knew for a fact it seriously was never
going to happen. The man had been pussy whipped before I’d ever met him. He’d
been in love with her since they were teens.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">So I did what I always do and kept
partying on. Looking for that one person who could ground me, like Ivy grounded
Maze, and Kali did that for my other best friend, Dante. I want what two of my
best friends have. I wanted my person. <i>Someone
to choose me. </i>Who doesn’t?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.3in;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Coming Fall 2022</span></b></p></div><p><br /></p>LaVernehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11022592127617744211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36240128.post-80492870836014620872021-09-23T15:24:00.002-04:002021-09-23T15:24:43.973-04:00Wild Child<p>A reading of part of Chapter 1 from Wild Child- CroXroads Book 1. Books 1 & 2 Now available. Book 3 Available for Pre-Order released on Oct. 5th</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p_tvs85ryp8" width="320" youtube-src-id="p_tvs85ryp8"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/4XQwa5" target="_blank">WILD CHILD</a> <a href="https://books2read.com/u/31lVP7" target="_blank">WILD FIRE </a> <a href="https://books2read.com/u/4ERBoz" target="_blank">WILD MAGIC</a></p>LaVernehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11022592127617744211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36240128.post-39335963031028926392020-04-21T11:27:00.000-04:002020-04-21T11:27:43.360-04:00Defiant<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">This could not be happening to me—today of all days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“But Dad!”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“No Harper, this will be good for you. Take the subway to school. It won’t kill you. We’ll decide about your car when we get back next week.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I took the phone away from my ear for a second to stare at it. What was there to decide? The damn car had broken down on me. I should be arranging for a loaner until I could choose a brand new car. “Fine, I’ll take an Uber or Lyft!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“No you won’t; you’ll take the subway.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">What was wrong with him?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I’m not even sure where to catch it. Does it even run straight to school?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“You know it does. There’s a Harvard Station right on campus. You’re a senior, a year younger than most seniors, I might add, and you’re studying economics. You’re smart, so figure it out. And, if you can’t, then I’m sure there’s an App that can help you. You’ll be fine. We’ll see about the car when I get home. We’ll either get it fixed or get you a new one.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Okay, okay, but I’m aiming for a new one. This is the second time I’ve had a problem with it in a year.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We’ll see about getting you a new car. Your mother says, hello and she can’t wait to see you when we get back.’”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I disconnected the phone, not even bothering to comment. That woman was not my mother, and no matter how many times I repeated it to him it didn’t stick. Teresa was actually his third wife and only ten years older than I am. I’m twenty-one. My dad’s sixty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">My mother was his first wife and died ten years ago, the second one lasted all of two seconds before he divorced her. He married the housekeeper’s daughter two months later, who dropped out of college to help him ‘raise me’. Mind you, I can count on my hands the number of times I spent more than a week with that woman, and that includes the holidays. Yeah, she tries to be friends, and I love my dad, so I tolerate her. The only good news is Daddy loves me back, and when my mother almost died in childbirth he had a vasectomy. So, I didn’t have to worry about half sibs—a fact that pisses Teresa off to this day; she didn’t realize until it was too late, she couldn’t have his child. Oh, she dragged him to doctors to see if it could be reversed, but no can do. So, she settled for trying to make nice with me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I was still pissed. It was great for my father to say that I should take the subway. He’s not the one who has to take the damn thing. I’m pretty sure my dad has never been on the MBTA, the Boston T, and his wife probably hasn’t taken the subway since she married my dad. For a second, I thought about calling an Uber anyway. But, Dad would see it since it was on his account. And, I’ve always been a good daughter, doing as I was supposed to do—making all the right decisions for the future I’d planned out for myself and that he’d encouraged. But, I was no fool. If I had any hopes of getting a new car, I better do as he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Hey,” I said to the guy behind the counter at the service shop. “How far is the T from here? I’m trying to get to the Harvard Station.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">He gave me directions. Apparently, I had to go to some station crossing and take any train that would allow me to switch over to the red line. That would drop me right on campus. Seemed easy enough. There was a T entrance about a five minute walk from the shop. Which might have accounted for the funny look he gave me when I asked for directions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I tightened up my Balenciaga backpack and set out. I was just glad I had on comfortable shoes because I only had three classes today; two of them were in the same building, but the third was a hike.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I joined the flow of masses on the sidewalk, moving in the direction I needed to go. Everyone seemed to be heading for the T. I would have thought rush hour would be over by now but guess not. Hopefully, all of these people weren’t getting on the same train I was. That would suck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I waited in line to buy a card to ride the thing. Thank God the machines took credit cards, otherwise that would have been a problem. I never carried cash. Then, it still took me a few minutes to figure the damn thing out. Three people had already come and gone, getting their cards in the line next to me before I got mine, and only because the lady behind me pointed out the right button I needed to press. You’d think it would be a simple process. Like 1, 2, 3 just follow these steps. But noooo, wasn’t that simple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Can’t say I was really liking the metallic scent of the trains before I even saw them or the feel of the concrete surrounding me underground. At least the map I checked showed me where to go, and I wasn’t standing shoulder to shoulder with people, like over on the other platform. The lights embedded in the floor began flashing a few minutes after I arrived. Thank you, God, I didn’t have long to wait.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">By the time I made my way on board, after getting shoved a time or two by people exiting, I took the first seat I found near the window facing another row of seats, already occupied by one other person, but he had the aisle seat. I didn’t really glance at him, but I could feel his eyes on me. I quickly took off my backpack and placed it on the seat next to me, hoping no one would sit there and crowd me. I also kept one hand on the strap, just in case anyone got any ideas. I settled back, but these seats were damned uncomfortable, at least the one directly across from me was empty. I could stretch my legs a bit. It was then I got around to glancing at the guy seated in the aisle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shit on a stick, he was gorgeous. If I’d known guys that looked like him rode public transportation, I’d have been using it for years. Then again, probably not. But damn, he was fine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I pulled my phone out and raised it, like I was trying to read something. I was really trying to snag a picture of him. I pushed the button just as he moved his head a fraction in my direction, and his gaze met mine. I quickly glanced down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Caught.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Damn. I had a boyfriend. I couldn’t flirt with this guy. And, as good looking as he was, I could tell by his clothes and the tats I could see on most of the exposed areas of his skin, he wasn’t my type. I texted the picture of him to my best friend Serena anyway. She too appreciated good eye candy. Her reply came back fast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘HOLY SHIT!!!’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘I know right!’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Get his number.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘I don’t think so.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Gotta run. Get his damn number or give him mine.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘LOL’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I turned and tried to look out the window but there was nothing to see. Then I noticed I could see his reflection on the glass. Damn, was that the initials HH on his neck? Mine were HH, Harper Hodges. Was that some kind of sign?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shit, he was staring at me. I would have chuckled, but I had to play it cool. Should I say something to him? No. He’s the dude, he should approach me first, not the other way around. I don’t have to throw myself at anyone. <i>Ever.</i> Not about to start now. But damn, he was fine. I kept thinking that, but it was the truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I shifted and adjusted my backpack for something to do as the train came to a stop. I glanced up and our gazes met, again. Crap, we were doing some serious eye fucks. I noted he took out his phone. I wondered if he was trying to sneak a pic of me. I smiled. I put his picture in Google images and did a search to see if I could find him on social media. A few hundred pictures came up, and while some of the guys resembled him, I really didn’t find him on there. Too bad. Then again, maybe that’s a good thing. I might have been tempted to send him a friend request—tell him I was the girl on the train. Yeah, like he didn’t meet a lot of girls on the train.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The train had stopped a few times before I glanced up again, finally realizing my stop was the next one. Well damn it anyway. That was not enough time to get him to say something to me. I wondered if he rode the T all the time. It might be worth my while to ride it again tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">As the train pulled into the school station I stood and grabbed my bag. His long legs took up the space between the seats, but I didn’t bother to even say anything to him. I stepped right over them like they weren’t even there and moved past him toward the door. But, when the train stopped, I glanced quickly in his direction only to see him staring back at me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yeah, even though the train ride wasn’t anywhere near as smooth as the shocks on my car, and the smell of way too many humans in a confined space left much to be desired, I would be on the train again tomorrow. If only to see if I could find him again. Besides, I knew what to expect now, and I’d bought a damn card for a week. I couldn’t figure out how to just buy one for a day. So, might as well not waste it. I got off and began walking toward my exit as the train left the station. I could see him sitting in his seat. Our eyes locked for the last time and neither of us looked away until the train moved out of sight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The deep, muffled rumble of the train along with the smooth rocking motion was soothing. It was rare I had time alone to think. If it wasn’t my family demanding I devote time to our pierogi shop, that I hate, then it was meeting up with members of the brotherhood, which I love. It’s not hard to see where I stand. I don’t hide my beliefs, and if necessary, I will back them up. A first generation German American born to immigrant parents, I am a true Aryan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Early morning class at tech school is brutal, but connections will only get a person so far without an education. My buddy got me a spot at an electrical company as an apprentice journeyman. It is hell, listening to those lazy ass ethnics I work with whine about how unfair their lives are. They cry about money but only got the job because they fit a certain racial profile, unfair to those of us in the true white race.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fucking niggers.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today, at least I would get a break since it was my day off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I straightened out my legs and rested my head on the back of the seat. Surrounded by empty seats, it was good. No need to hold my tongue, and every time someone passed and hesitated, eyeing the open spaces beside me, I’d simply flex my fingers or roll my head on my neck. The tattoos I sported spoke volumes. My cell vibrated in my pocket. A long sigh escaped past my lips as I dug the phone out. My peace didn’t last long.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Yeah.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I sent you the location for tonight’s meeting,” Bruno muttered. A Jersey boy transplant, my friend and second in command of our burgeoning group, skipped his hometown after a jump-in went bad—blood in and blood out, turned out the guy being initiated was an informant. Mother fucker got a lesson he would never forget.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">That was all I needed to know. “Same time?” I smiled at a perky blonde as she bounced by. Now, that was more like it—baby blue irises, platinum curls and a tight ass. I sat up and watched her as she sauntered down the aisle. There was nothing prettier than a pure blooded woman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Seven.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I’ll be there.” I ended the call, settled back, and hunkered down into my seat, closing my eyes. The stop/start motion made me sluggish. My lids drifted shut, just for a minute, and the blare of a horn jolted me awake. I opened my eyes to find her peering at me—a black girl. God, of all the people who could have shared space with me, it was a monkey. I watched her; even animals could be cute. Didn’t she see the annoyance on my face?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Her hair was long and nappy. She couldn’t even bother to comb the snags from her strands. Her skin was the color of heavily creamed coffee, and her shape…I narrowed my eyes. It was hard to tell with her seated. She was no longer looking directly at me, instead tinkering with her phone. An unusual aroma reached my nose. Sweet and flowery, it wafted from her direction, combined with the train stench the smell came off more like sweet smelling shit. Why the hell did she keep peeking at me from under her long ass lashes? Things like her were a dime a dozen. I still cannot understand the fascination that some guys have with women of other races. Mixing should never-ever happen, it just dilutes the blood. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, she was openly staring, hiding behind the little device in front of her face. It wouldn’t take much for me to just lean forward and snatch that cell from her hands. Clamping down the urge to lash out, I swallowed my annoyance. Too many people. If I assault her now, there will be witnesses. What was the debate? I could ease over to sit beside her and slam a few punches into her belly for the blatant disrespect... Hurting an untainted white woman was a big hell no in my book, but Blackies, they have no value. Hmm—maybe socially, thanks to the damn liberals that are trying to control the country. I glanced around. A crowd can also work in my favor. It would be nothing to teach her a lesson and slip away. Not enough people filled the train.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The car slid to a stop, and she stood. Without a word she stepped over my legs. I resisted the urge to grab her wrist. In my presence, she needed to acknowledge me—respect her superiors. I scooted forward, her fingers within my grasp. Some asshole in a hurry jostled my arm. She kept moving. I made a fist, slamming back into my seat. Through the glass I caught a glimpse of her looking back. Laughter burst past my lips. The foolish little negro girl had no idea how much danger she’d just courted. I held her gaze as the train moved on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The devil you know</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The phrase popped through my mind. I was the demon she didn’t know. A snort escaped past my lips. Would she watch me like that if she knew the things I could do to her? Some brown skin moved past me, leaving in their wake the stench of ripe sweat and rank body odor. Tears brimmed my eyes, and I stood to escape the smell lingering at waist level. The next stop, I got off. Fresh air would go a long way toward clearing my sinuses. Trotting up the stairs two at a time, I exited the short tunnel into bright afternoon sunlight. It would be a while before I was needed for anything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I pulled the cell free and tapped in a number. Rings abruptly stopped, giving way to silence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I know you’re there.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“You only call me when you want something.” Becky’s soft tone flowed into the earpiece.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I’m not far from your place.” I can get my dick wet and still make the meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I’m busy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“So, am I, but don’t I always make time for you?” Becky was a block over. I could be at her front door in ten minutes. “You make all my stresses disappear.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“A booty call? Is that all I am to you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yeah. Becky belonged to the Brotherhood. Her pussy could be claimed by any one of us. “No, you are the one woman in my life that understands me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lying was a way of life for me. To my parents, to my brothers, to this girl, to ease their minds or keep them in the dark. Whatever was safest for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">This was a new age. Thanks to social media there was an awareness, and right or wrong was decided by the masses. For people like me the internet was not my friend. One wrong move, and my face would spread across the web and my family’s business would suffer. My brothers would be marked as racist. That was a really broad term. It’s not like we didn’t like the colored people, it was just better if they didn’t occupy U.S. soil. The damn animals came from somewhere, and I would happily send them back to their lands of origin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The key is where it always is.” Becky’s voice broke through my thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I ended the call, passing a bucket filled with limp roses outside of a convenience store. I hesitated and kept moving. Becky and I didn’t have that kind of relationship. She was a good fit and a proud sister to the brotherhood, meant to propagate the white race. Becky truly believed in the cause and supported it. I could take her out for a burger another day. I hiked faster, the idea of sinking into her undiluted sweetness giving me the energy boost I needed, anticipation sending jolts of awareness to my crotch. I turned down the sidewalk of her street—I thought of her deep blue eyes holding mine as I thrust into her. Slowly, those pretty irises morphed into light brown ones surrounded by dark, long, thick lashes. I shook my head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">What the hell?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why was a nigger invading my thoughts?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I trotted up the stoop steps and into the converted apartment building, stopping at Becky’s door. I flipped over the corner of the mat and retrieved the key, straightening to slide it in the lock. I opened the door to a cool, shadowed interior. I knew my way around the place, moving straight for the bedroom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Becky knew what I wanted and was already naked and in bed. “You got here fast.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I needed to erase the image of the Blackie stuck in my memory. I lunged for Becky, wrapping my fingers around her ankle and dragging her to the edge of the mattress. “I’m a little annoyed.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">She spread her thighs. “I’ll take care of you.” A smirk lifted one side of her mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I unzipped my jeans and yanked them and my underwear down. Kicking them off, I dropped down on to the bed and stroked my dick. “Suck me off.” Seeing Becky’s pretty blonde strands brushing my skin as she gave me head should be enough to make me forget.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Hey baby, see you later tonight?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The arms wrapping around my waist as I walked out of the lecture hall, and the sound of his voice were very familiar. He caught me unaware because all through class, I kept glancing at my phone and the picture I’d snuck of the man on the train. Still wondering about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">This wasn’t really like me to be so obsessive over cute guys—shoes yes, guys no, especially since I had one of my own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I turned into Justin’s embrace and smiled. His hazel eyes, cut features and olive complexion, highlighting his Greek heritage, still turned me on as it did from the first time I’d met him a year ago when I interned for the brokerage firm where he worked. At twenty-six, he was a few years older than I. As a favor to me, he’d agreed to be a guest lecturer for another class down the hall. I should have remembered he was going to be here today and called him for a lift to class. But the morning had been hectic dealing with my car and my first T ride.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Hey, you with me?” Justin asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The slight squeeze at my waist had me refocusing on Justin. “Yeah, just thinking about the class. How was your lecture?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Great. It was a lot of fun being on the other side of a lecture hall for a change. And, my boss loved me being a guest lecturer. I even got invited back. I might be able to turn this into a regular thing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“That’s great.” Justin was all about upward mobility, and he was fast rising in his firm. “Keep this up and you’ll be a director soon.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“For sure.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Especially since he started handling some of my dad’s accounts a few months ago, growing his portfolio. If Justin kept it up he could make it happen by the end of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“So, will I see you later tonight?” he asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Sure, sounds good. But, you’re going to have to pick me up.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“No problem. I’d say let’s grab a bite now, but I have a meeting to get to in Quincy and with traffic, I’ll already be a bit late.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Shoot, I was going to ask you to give me a ride home.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Why? Where’s your car?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“In the shop. They have to order some part for it. I got a text, it won’t be ready for another day or two.” All the more reason why it was just time to get me a new car, I had no time to deal with cars breaking down. I’ll be having a chat with my father when he gets back from his vacation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Damn, sorry babe. But, I can give you a ride to class tomorrow.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">He pulled me up against his body. I could feel the hardness of his thighs, and I grinned. He worked out almost every day during the week, and it showed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I don’t mind, especially since we can have breakfast first,” he said then kissed the side of my ear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Thanks, but I’m good. I won’t need a ride. I’ll Uber or something. I know it’s out of your way.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“You sure?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I nodded. Not exactly sure why I was turning down his ride, in a comfy, cushy car for smelly bumpy public transportation. But it had something to do with a set of ice blue eyes and tats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">We both turned to walk out of the building, but he held my hand. “How’d you get to school this morning, anyway?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">He chuckled. “You on the T? That must have been culture shock.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I wasn’t sure why I was irked by his laughter and statement, even though I’d felt the same way when I spoke to my dad, and he told me to take the train, like it was a joke. “I’m not like that!” I protested, even knowing it to be true. In my twenty-one years, I’d never even taken a public school bus. The private school I went to until I graduated high school had its own fleet of private blue buses with great shocks, soft leather seats and air conditioning. And, I only took those for field trips.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Justin just laughed some more at my denial and kissed me quickly. “I’ll see you tonight. Seven.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I stood there for a moment watching him saunter away, unable to stop myself from comparing him to someone else. Both men seemed tall, but wore similar builds very differently. Justin was sharp, urbane. His silk suit cost more than most people’s rent and his shoes were made of the finest Italian leather. His car was the latest BMW model. His firm leased them for him, and they turned them over at the end of a year, only to get a newer one. I don’t know why he was laughing at me? Wasn’t like he ever took the T either.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still, Justin fit in my world and me in his. Whereas the man on the subway seemed anything but civilized. He appeared rough around the edges; there was a hardness to him, and it wasn’t just the ink I could see on his hands and neck. He didn’t quite fit in my higher educated, high socio economic universe. His bank account shouldn’t matter, even if it did, but I sensed more to him underneath it all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Weird.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I pulled out my phone to call an Uber, but instead, pulled up the picture again. I stared at those eyes. Cold, pale blue eyes stared back at me. But, there were shadows buried deep within them. I didn’t know him well enough to even try to determine what his thoughts were. But I wanted to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Who are you? Why should I even care?” I spoke the words in a whisper.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I think I see is probably just a trick of the light in the shot. Yet, I pocketed my phone and found myself heading toward the T station.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unfortunately, the trains were very crowded. All those college students from campus heading home or to jobs. I wasn’t able to get a seat this time and forgot about trying to see if he was on the train—too many bodies. I’m only five-four so I had to hang onto a pole to stay upright. Then others kept pressing around me trying to do the same thing. At least with every lurching motion, I didn’t have to worry about falling because those same bodies kept me upright.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh my God! Would this hellish ride ever come to an end? It came time for me to get off and transfer; thank God it wasn’t too long of a ride. I decided I’d Uber the rest of the way home. I got out of the station and did that. But, I found myself scanning the platform, the train as it went by, even the street for a specific tattooed figure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’d just settled back in the Uber when I got a text.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Well did you talk to him?’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I rolled my eyes after reading Serena’s text.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘<i>No, of course not. I have a boyfriend. Remember?’<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Boring. Besides, there’s no ring on your finger.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘I’m still in a relationship.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yet why did I keep thinking about another guy?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Where were you anyway?’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘My car’s in the shop. Can you believe, I had to take the subway.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Good for you! How was it?’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Well, you saw the view.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Nice view. You taking the T again tomorrow?’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Yeah, car’s going to be in the shop for a couple of days.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Oh, say hello to Mr. Brooding and Sexy for me.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I got home to my condo and headed straight for my shower. My clothes took on the accumulation of everyone else’s day sweat. I need to get it off me first and then work on my research paper. I had a one bedroom condo with a den or study; it’s where my desk and text books were. After my shower, I changed to yoga pants and a tank, then got down to work on my paper. I wanted to complete it tomorrow. I’d finish it tonight, but I had a date with Justin in a couple of hours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">I got a good chunk of my work done and sat back, glancing around my place. It was in one of the newer buildings and Daddy paid a mint for it. But, it was also an investment. It was all my idea; I found the place. I used to drive past the construction site on my way to Serena’s. I did some checking and presented him with the idea and stats of the neighborhood and projections for what else was going in there. Daddy was more than happy to scoop the condo up. I’d had it for a year now, and it was already worth twenty thousand dollars more than what we paid for it. Daddy made me cough up some of the funds too. I loved my condo; it was all in my name, and I decorated it myself. A far cry, I was sure from most college grads or undergrads, the floors were all wide planked dark gray wood. The kitchen, which I didn’t use very often, was all shades of gray and white with state of the art appliances. The living room and bedroom carried the same shading of light gray, but where as the living room had more color to it with cobalt blues and browns, my bedroom was a soft lilac.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The only room that looked like a student lived there was the den with all the textbooks. But my place suited me. I wondered what kind of place tattoo guy lived in? I really need to stop that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">As I stood in front of the mirror, putting on the two carat diamond earrings I’d gotten for my eighteenth birthday and the matching five carat tennis bracelet, I realized I wasn’t all that excited about this date. I knew Justin and I would go to one of his favorite restaurants and have a great dinner. He had fabulous taste, always aware of the latest trendiest places. We’d talk about his job and the firms that have been courting me for an internship that would lead to a job offer. Then we’d come home, mine or his; since I had class tomorrow, probably mine, and fuck. We did that two nights ago, and we’ll do it again tonight, and I was sure again over the weekend. Maybe even get out of the city to some quaint bed and breakfast in upstate New York or even the Hamptons. It had become routine. Most people would give a toe for this life, yet, I was—unsettled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>At Last!</i><br />Sea Child Releases 4/23/2020</h2>
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Sea Child is the 4th and final book in the Children of the Waves Series. It took a bit but I hope it was worth the wait. Here's an excerpt for your reading pleasure.<br />
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<i>“Help! Help!”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Cyrus heard the frantic cries while he was out on his boat. The call came from the direction of the shore, but he figured the person in need of help had to be in the water. He shaded his eyes from the sun’s midday glare and scanned the area between his boat and the water’s edge. He glimpsed a woman frantically pacing and pointing toward an area to the port side of where he was anchored. He couldn’t see anyone in obvious distress, but they could have gone under.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not waiting a moment longer, he dove in anyway. He had much better than average vision underwater. In fact, he was half of the sea, he could survive in the ocean. His father was a freaking god no less. The head sea god himself, Poseidon, and his half brother Xavior, was now king of all the waters of the planet. Not much in the water could harm Cyrus, being the youngest of Poseidon’s offspring—that they knew of. But Poseidon was no longer around to ask, he’d vanished from the depths ages ago. It had been thought he’d gone to the nether depths to die but now, they knew at least a hundred years ago, he’d walked the land.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cyrus noticed a few dolphins swimming in the area, while he couldn’t communicate with dolphins the way Xavior could he knew they were intelligent. More importantly, they knew what he was and by the way they chirped in his mind and swam around, they were trying to get his attention, and he’d damn well pay attention. Cyrus headed in the direction they seemed to want him to go. It would be no surprise that they knew exactly where the person had gone under.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He dove well over a hundred feet or so and finally spotted movement of a human. The long hair and slender body told him it was probably a young girl, and she appeared to be swimming in circles. Definitely, not the actions of a drowning victim in distress. How the hell she managed to get this deep without equipment and function he didn’t know, but she was obviously buzzed, experiencing nitrogen narcosis. She probably didn’t even know which way was up. He came up behind her and she spun around, her eyes seemed to dance in amusement upon spying him and she smiled. Not at all the reactions of someone panicked or afraid as he’d expected.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Smiling back at her, he gestured up with his thumb. She shook her head, but he took her hand, swimming upward pulling her along. Thankfully, she didn’t struggle. As soon as they broke water, a lifeguard was there with a board to help him with her. They got her on the beach and she fell onto the sand. The woman who’d been crying for help raced toward them, as well as a few other people surrounded them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Knowing she’d be all right, Cyrus thought it best to disappear. He tried not to bring too much attention to himself on land, not much in the sea either. He moved away from the crowd and the ambulance making its way toward the people on the beach. When he was far enough, he walked into the ocean and swam back to his boat.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Shawnah hung up the phone. Another dead end.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As an adopted child, she’d always wanted to know who her birth parents were. Her adopted parents knew very little but helped as much as they could. When she’d been no more than a few hours old, she’d been left in the care of a priest at a church on Pine Island Florida. The priest who’d found her couldn’t tell her much when she finally found him, other than she’d been given to him by a young girl he’d never seen before or since. He told her he suspected she wasn’t from around there. Since the parish was so small, it made sense. The young teen only told him the baby’s name and asked him to find a good family to raise her. She placed the baby in his arms and ran off in the direction of the beach.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After that one lead, the rest of Shawna’s own investigations had always come up empty. No teenager had been away from any of the schools on the island for an unexplained amount of time or had appeared pregnant during the nine month period from when she’d been abandoned. It was as if the sea had birthed her or had taken the secret of her birth into its deep embrace. Perhaps that’s why she’d become a private investigator much to the chagrin of her adoptive family. They wanted her to go into the medical field or something safer. Her mom was a physical therapist and her father was an optometrist. Shawnah specialized in finding lost people, she had a knack for it. For some reason, this latest failure made her feel even more frustrated.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The other difficult case that had turned out to be almost as mysterious as her own birth and background, was the Oceanus case. She’d been asked to find a missing girl, well young woman now, but had just been told by her client to cease her efforts. And she’d been so close. It had become pretty clear that the person she was looking for had gone into one of the witness protection programs, along with her family some ten years ago. Even if she didn’t ultimately find her, at least she could close one case. Sorta.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Until she found herself being hunted by obvious mobsters, she wasn’t as surprised as she should have been. It had to have something to do with the Oceanus case. As her thoughts returned to her, she remembered running from some men who’d broken into her office, only to be caught outside and shoved into a car. She opened her eyes and grabbed her left arm, it hurt. Yes, she’d been forced into the back seat of a car, then they stuck a needle in her arm. <i>Drugged.</i> She didn’t think she was in a car any more, whatever she lay on was too soft, a bed, yes and whatever she was on swayed a bit.<o:p></o:p></div>
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They’d taken her computer, she remembered that much. Thank God, she used an encryption for all her files. No way would who ever took her be able to learn anything from her computer or written notes. Even those were in a code she’d created. The bed swayed a bit more, getting her attention. A boat—she was on a boat. She could smell the sea and the continuous soft sway of the bed told her she was no longer on land. <i>She smiled.</i> Those fools had taken her to her element, a place where she excelled. All she had to do was get into the water. But something had woken her up. A faint cry in the distance, she was sure she’d be able to hear it better if she were out side. The noise was just a tad out of her reach to be able to identify what it was a cry of or from, but it was there.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sitting up, she glanced around the room or cabin, it had a small window, and she could see blue sky, so it was day. When she’d run out of her office it had been late at night. At least they didn’t tie her up but they probably assumed she had nowhere to go. Little did they know, if she made it over the side, she could stay underwater for a very long time and at depths without equipment. She’d discovered that the first time she’d gone in the ocean around 5 years of age. She dove right into the water but had never been taught how to swim, it had come naturally to her. And she’d been fascinated with the world down there. Scared the crap out of her adoptive parents the first time she’d stayed down for ten minutes. Since then she’d been careful not to do that in front of others, well most times.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She hadn’t understood it herself and in some ways, it had scared her to know there was something very different about her. Something she hid from everyone. Shawnah had never tested how long she could stay underwater without gear but she had become a certified diver. The water was just like being on land to her and at times, the world under the sea felt more like home then on land.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Shawnah glanced around for her purse, she didn’t even bother to look for her gun. As a private investigator, she had a license to carry one. She knew they’d taken that but could see nothing belonging to her in the room. Standing up, she moved over to one of the two portholes but she’d have to stand on something to be able to look through it. They were both too small anyway for her to try to crawl through and she already knew she was on a boat. Closing her eyes, she<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a> tilted her head straining to hear the cry just a tad beyond her hearing again. She still couldn’t quite hear it other than to know it was coming from the water. Something in the water. Opening her eyes, she blinked, maybe she was just hearing things as a result of whatever drug they’d given her, but some sixth sense told her otherwise.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Next, she went to the door and tried to open it but it was locked from the outside. However, she could hear footsteps coming in her direction so she quickly moved back to stand by the porthole. Under no circumstances did she want to face whoever was on the other side while lying on a bed. Definitely, didn’t want to give them an impression of helpless damsel. She might not have her gun and hopefully it wouldn’t be four against one. One or even two she might be able to fight off. Glancing around quickly, she looked for something to use as a weapon but she didn’t find anything that hadn’t been bolted down. She did carry a set of knives in the soles of her wedge shoes. She pulled them off and disengaged the blades, dropping the shoes and hiding the knives behind her back just as the doorknob turned.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She heard the deep voice of a man by the door say just before he pushed it open. A tall man, dressed in a short-sleeved shirt and Bermuda shorts with white deck shoes. His tanned skin and bleached hair told her he spent a lot of time on a boat or in the sun. Under different circumstances, she might have considered him attractive but given she’d been drugged and held hostage on this boat, not so much.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He smiled when he noticed her by the window. “Good morning, I see you’re awake.” He had the quintessential Italian accent but a more cultured one. Less mob more Conte. He hadn’t been one of the four men who’d grabbed her.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She got right to the point, “Why have you kidnapped me?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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He shrugged. “Kidnap is such an ugly, misunderstood word. We only want to have a little conversation with you. And then you’ll be free to go.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Shawnah stared at him while using all of her senses. She had an uncanny ability to read people to tell if they were lying. While he had a handsome visage and a smile on his face his cold brown eyes told her who he really was. She would never leave the boat alive.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“My name is Ennio Costa, you are a guest on my yacht. You’re probably hungry, it’s early but you didn’t have time to eat last night. I’d like you to join my father and me on deck and we can have a bite to eat while we talk.” Movement came from behind him, out in that passageway, so he wasn’t alone.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Taking him out wouldn’t get her far, especially if the other person there had a gun. She needed to bide her time, wait for her moment. All she’d need was one. “I just need to put my shoes on.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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He glanced at her bare feet as she’d hoped he would and she wiggled her toes. While she pressed the buttons on the hilt of her blades that would cause them to retract back into the handle and stuck them in her pockets. She had no choice but to go with him.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Follow him,” Ennio said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As soon as she saw him she recognized the scar across his left eye, he was the bastard who’d put the gun to her temple.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Having no choice she followed. The passageway was wide enough to walk single file but if anyone needed to get by, they could press against the wall and let them pass. There were windows along the outside wall and she could see the sea beyond about three feet off the deck. That told her this was no small boat, but she’d gotten a sense of this already given the size of the cabin she’d woken up in. Growing up near the sea, she’d spent time on many boats and yachts. She could even sail, though it had only been a means to an end. A way to get out into the ocean, far away from prying eyes while she played in the depths.<o:p></o:p></div>
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They passed a few closed doors before they came to a set of stairs. Shawnah followed the other man, a guard she assumed, up the stairs unto the deck. They were headed aft on the yacht. They emerged into bright sunlight, so she blinked and held her hand up to cover her eyes from the harsh glare.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Shawnah took them without complaint. The sun was damn bright and she needed to be able to see if she hoped to escape. “Thanks,” she said wiping them off on her blouse before putting them on.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She would not be alone with Ennio after all. The only good thing was at least she could see the ocean, even if she couldn’t see any land. She noticed a couple of dolphins off in the distance but she didn’t see a pod. First chance she got, she’d go over the side and head in their direction. She’d run into dolphins whenever she’d been in the ocean. They’d always seemed drawn to her and she to them, like if she just listened hard enough she would be able to understand their chirps and clicking language. She never had, not really. Funny how she could hear their cries louder now on the slight breeze. It had been what had woken her up in the first place. But now, she could swear they were telling her she was in danger. No big surprise there. But they had been <i>talking</i> to her.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thank you for joining the Crossroads Multi-genre Anthology Blog Hop. At each stop you'll learn a little about the books that's a part of the set and enter a few giveaways too. Have fun. Enjoy the day. Here's a bit about my contribution.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The road you take cannot be undone.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Meet <i>Kasha</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><o:p> </o:p>Kasha never quite fit in. So she left home long ago to
pursue her career in art. Hell, she ran as fast as she could away from her
minister father and his judgmental ways. Yet, she loved her parents, so when
the dreams surrounding a church filled with fire and blood kept repeating
itself, it was all she could paint. She had to warn them. Only to arrive too
late to save them. Now she found
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realizing she might have run toward something even worse. This time she
couldn’t run, she couldn’t lie to herself anymore. She was more than an artist.
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so closely together. Fissures opened up from the ground, spitting fire from the
bowels of the earth, setting everything ablaze. What the fire didn’t destroy the
earthquakes rocking the area finished the rest. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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parents the morning it started, to get out of the area, especially her minister
father. Not like that hadn’t been a difficult conversation. The daughter who’d
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">The second book I have in the Crossroads Anthology I co-wrote with Kassanna as Ursula Sinclair. We'd like to introduce you to </span><i style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;"><b>Defiant</b></i><span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">. A contemporary new adult romance fraught with violence and intrigue.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">In my
insulated world, determination, wealth…happiness isn’t limited by the color of
your skin but the size of your bank account. I was raised with the mindset that
there is nothing in this world I can’t have. Don’t get me wrong—I have
problems, family issues, but nothing that can’t be resolved. A chance encounter
opened my eyes and initiated a tempest around me. I am Harper Hodges and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">he</i> is the eye of the storm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">If
you don’t stand with me you stand against me. I suffer no one but my own kind,
white pure blood Anglo-Saxon Americans. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing
against other races, their inferiority is not my problem. Until I met <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">her</i>. She opened my eyes and I no longer
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Soul Collectors</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">by LaVerne Thompson</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Snippet Copyrighted 2018</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Nathanial<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12pt;">Dressed in the color of the night, black jeans, black
t-shirt, Nathanial crouched on the roof of the condo building on G Street NW. It
was the perfect perch for him to observe the bundled up stranglers wondering
out of the Verizon Center, after the late night basketball game. It might be early
March in Washington, DC, but the icy wind causing people to snuggle into their
thick coats showed winter seemed in no rush to release its bitter hold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A group of three men, all in their
early thirties paused on the sidewalk right below him. Their voices were loud
and exuberant as they relived the thrill of the game. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Running a ball from one end of a room
to another never did much for Nathanial. Not that he ever played any sport that
didn’t end in someone bleeding to death or maimed. Then again, it wouldn’t be a
human sport but he’d watched them from time to time. Now football, a full
contact sport, where you could whack the hell out of your opponent, suited him
much better. But these men might disagree. Even seated eleven stories high
Nathanial could hear their conversation like they stood right next to him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Two of the males wished their friend Alvin
good night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“You sure you don’t want us to walk
with you, Al?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“What am I a baby?” At six two, two
hundred and fifty pounds he was anything but. All three of the men laughed and patted
each other on the back before two crossed the street entering the garage there.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Nathanial grinned at the short form of
the man’s name, Alvin was his full name. He’d pulled that from his
consciousness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Alvin continued walking past the building
where Nathanial crouched, oblivious to his presence, as it should be until much
too late. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Nathanial continued to track Alvin as
he went around the building to the alley at the back. There was an entrance to
a garage from the alley for the condo building. A friend had given Alvin the
access code so he could park there so he wouldn’t have to pay. Cheap bastard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But Alvin couldn’t get into the front
entrance to access the garage, so he had to go around to the alley entrance. All
of this Nathanial gleaned from the man’s thoughts. Since Alvin’s name wasn’t in
his little book, he would ignore him. Nathanial unfolded his dark wings, which
looked like steel carved to give the illusion of feathers and the very tips were
jagged crimson edges as he spread their full six feet length on both sides. He leaped
over to the next building on his nightly troll. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A stray thought caught his attention
and stilled his movement. Instead, of moving away, he shifted direction over to
the other side of the building and looked down upon the alley. There were no
lights on down there other than the little illumination provided from the
lighted windows on either side of the buildings framing the alley. However,
Nathanial could see just fine, even in total dark. He was after all, born of
darkness, so felt at home in its cold embrace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He didn’t even need to use any of his
other senses this time to scan the area. There, hidden behind a dumpster lay a
male in all dark clothing to help him blend in the shadows. Nothing good was on
the male’s mind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Nathanial grinned in anticipation of
the inevitable. This is what he searched for night after night for the last hundred
and forty years. A job he’d been trained for and one he loved. Souls for the
taking. Those listed in his little red book, and even more fun, new names to
add to it. A soul was going home tonight, only not the home it had anticipated.
Then again, with this act he wasn’t sure what the fuckwit thought would happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Alvin entered the alley. Not once did
he feel uncomfortable, a big guy like him he was confident most would not give
him any trouble. Besides, there were still plenty of people walking about and
even though this was the city, the area known as the Penn Quarter was
relatively safe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He was feeling pretty good. His team
had won and he didn’t have to pay thirty bucks to park. He’d gotten lucky his
friend was out of town and let him use his parking spot in the building. But
cutting through the alley wasn’t too bad. About ten yards away from one of the
two garage doors that were the coded entrances, he passed a dumpster. He wasn’t
sure what made him turn, but even then it was too late. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Nathanial watched it all unfold, as
he’d seen something similar play out a thousand times before. Same shit
different…nope, same.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The first gunshot entered Alvin’s
abdomen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Ouch. That’s gotta hurt,” Nathanial
said to himself. He stayed in Alvin’s consciousness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The only reason Alvin knew for sure
he’d been shot was because his stomach suddenly blazed, his insides were on
fire. The second shot he only heard, by then his body had already gone numb.
His eyes were wide open as he gazed up at…stars…yes stars in the sky. He felt
something, fingers touch the side of his neck, and saw a face, one he’d seen
before many times. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You! </i>He wanted to
shout but couldn’t get the word out. Then he heard footsteps running away.
Before all went dark, understanding dawned. The sound of chimes filled the air,
they called to him, pulled him out of his sleep. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Alvin opened his eyes and
saw…light…like the stars had grown and swallowed up the rest of the universe.
They blazed a trail from this world into the next. His body rose drawn to
it…yet something held him back. He gazed down and his body still lay on the
ground where he had fallen. A dark crimson liquid began spreading onto the
ground, originating from him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The lighting just enough to show him
and for him to know the liquid around him was blood. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">His!</i> “Nooooo….” The wail came long and deep. In that one moment, he
knew clarity. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dead.</i> He was dead. The
chimes were calling him. He shook his head unable to tear his gaze away from
his dead form. His chest rose and fell in memory of breathing, which he no
longer did. The chimes stopped and the stars were once again in their place in
the heavens, then he felt a blast of heat swamping his back, swinging around he
saw him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dark evanescence like wings spread wide from his back to slow his descent as he
landed behind the slain male. He heard his thoughts and read the dead’s even
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to Earth. He’d refused the first call to the light, at least until one of those
flipping white wings came to personally collect him. With each soul they fought
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those, stealing souls from right under their noses. Oh yes. Now, if he could
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prod poor wronged Alvin a teeny bit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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confirmed the obvious. Sensing the other questions. The male was hurt, angry
and at that point in time, hated his wife and the man who’d killed him. Her
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">LaVerne Thompson and I'm a USA Today
Bestselling, award winning, multi-published author, an avid reader and a writer
of contemporary, fantasy, and sci/fi sensual romances. I love creating
worlds within and without our world. I also write romantic suspense and new
adult romance under the pen name Ursula Sinclair. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I'm a certified chocoholic and proud of it. I'm currently working on several projects. Some
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">My contribution to the Wings of the Wicked set is Soul Collectors. An urban fantasy about the fight over lost souls. I first began this story on a writing site but never finished it. It was just waiting for the right time. This time. It is the beginning of a whole new world. There will be more to come. But it is not your traditional romance in that there is no happy ending. For now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style";">Angelique is an Angel Soul Collector. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style";">She collects the souls of those who
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style";">Some choose not to go with her and
instead thirst for revenge; those refuse to give up their earthly ties and she
leaves them to their fates. Some find satisfaction and will be given another
chance to cross over, but most doom themselves to wander the earthly realm for
an eternity. The ones who surrender to her, to the light, she opens the doorway
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style";">Nathanial is a Demon Soul Collector. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style";">He collects souls for his master of
those who died in fear, anger and pain. Those who thirst for revenge, he
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already written in his </span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rubrum
Libro, </span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style";">little red book, he
opens the gateway and shoves them straight into hell. For him, it’s a job. He
was born of a human mother and demon father then raised in hell to become a
collector. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style";">They are enemies. But once they were something
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<span style="font-family: "bookman old style";">This is not a romance. There can be no
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Fan Group</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 245.0pt;" valign="top" width="245"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/JRThornFanGroup/"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">https://www.facebook.com/groups/JRThornFanGroup/</span></a></td>
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<td style="background: #D4D4D4; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 79.0pt;" valign="top" width="79"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">12/10</span></b></td>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 245.0pt;" valign="top" width="245"><br /></td>
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<td style="background: #D4D4D4; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 79.0pt;" valign="top" width="79"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">12/10</span></b></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 139.0pt;" valign="top" width="139"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Shereen Vedam</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 202.0pt;" valign="top" width="202"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Shereen Vedam</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 245.0pt;" valign="top" width="245"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ShereenVedam"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">https://www.facebook.com/ShereenVedam</span></a></td>
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<td style="background: #D4D4D4; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 79.0pt;" valign="top" width="79"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">12/10</span></b></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 139.0pt;" valign="top" width="139"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Ditter Kellen</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 202.0pt;" valign="top" width="202"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">According to Ditter</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 245.0pt;" valign="top" width="245"><a href="https://www.accordingtoditter.com/"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">https://www.accordingtoditter.com</span></a></td>
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<tr style="height: 11.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="background: #D4D4D4; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 79.0pt;" valign="top" width="79"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">12/10</span></b></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 139.0pt;" valign="top" width="139"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Lexi C. Foss</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 202.0pt;" valign="top" width="202"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Author Lexi C. Foss</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 245.0pt;" valign="top" width="245"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LexiCFoss"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">https://www.facebook.com/LexiCFoss</span></a></td>
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<td style="background: #D4D4D4; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 79.0pt;" valign="top" width="79"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">12/11</span></b></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 139.0pt;" valign="top" width="139"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Crystal Matz PA
(not an author)</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 202.0pt;" valign="top" width="202"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Crystal's Cozy
Corner & Author Services</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 245.0pt;" valign="top" width="245"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CrystalsCzyCorner"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">https://www.facebook.com/CrystalsCzyCorner</span></a></td>
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<td style="background: #D4D4D4; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 79.0pt;" valign="top" width="79"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">12/11</span></b></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 139.0pt;" valign="top" width="139"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Lynda Kaye Frazier</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 202.0pt;" valign="top" width="202"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Lynda Kaye Frazier</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 245.0pt;" valign="top" width="245"><a href="http://lyndafrazier.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">http://lyndafrazier.blogspot.com/</span></a></td>
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<td style="background: #D4D4D4; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 79.0pt;" valign="top" width="79"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">12/11</span></b></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 139.0pt;" valign="top" width="139"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Dariel
Raye<o:p></o:p></span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 202.0pt;" valign="top" width="202"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Dariel
Raye &<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Muffy Wilson</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 245.0pt;" valign="top" width="245"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt;">
<u><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial";"><span style="mso-field-code: "HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/darielraye\.com\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://darielraye.com/">https://darielraye.com</a></span></span></span></u><br />
<span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial";">and </span><span style="color: #365899; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://muffywilson.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwAR2zl6UccwB3zh_ne102QYqopzz9bzzF_FHNEd2pabyMk8oSjxWaG5VQSsE" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt;">http://muffywilson.blogspot.com</a></span><br />
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<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 139.0pt;" valign="top" width="139"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11.0pt;">N.K.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Stackhouse<o:p></o:p></span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 202.0pt;" valign="top" width="202"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11.0pt;">N.K.
Stackhouse<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Author<o:p></o:p></span></td>
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<u><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial";"><span style="mso-field-code: "HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/m\.facebook\.com\/NK\.Stackhouse\.Author\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://m.facebook.com/NK.Stackhouse.Author/">https://m.facebook.com/NK.Stackhouse.Author/</a></span></span></span></u></div>
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<td style="background: #D4D4D4; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 79.0pt;" valign="top" width="79"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">12/12</span></b></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 139.0pt;" valign="top" width="139"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Amy Cissell</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 202.0pt;" valign="top" width="202"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Amy Cissell Writes</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 245.0pt;" valign="top" width="245"><a href="http://amycissell.com/blog"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">http://amycissell.com/blog</span></a></td>
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<td style="background: #D4D4D4; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 79.0pt;" valign="top" width="79"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">12/12</span></b></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 139.0pt;" valign="top" width="139"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Heather Adkins</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 202.0pt;" valign="top" width="202"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Haunted by Reading</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 245.0pt;" valign="top" width="245"><a href="http://hauntedbyreading.com/"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">hauntedbyreading.com</span></a></td>
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<td style="background: #D4D4D4; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; height: 12.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 79.0pt;" valign="top" width="79"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">12/12</span></b></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 139.0pt;" valign="top" width="139"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Erica Gerald Mason</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 202.0pt;" valign="top" width="202"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Erica Writes Words</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 245.0pt;" valign="top" width="245"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6a6e3b32-7fff-f35b-9124-2d939221f5ad" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://www.ericageraldmason.com/blog" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.ericageraldmason.com/blog</span></a></span></td>
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<td style="background: #D4D4D4; border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 79.0pt;" valign="top" width="79"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">12/12</span></b></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 139.0pt;" valign="top" width="139"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Carolyn Reilly</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 202.0pt;" valign="top" width="202"><span style="color: black; font-family: "helvetica neue";">Carolyn Reilly</span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black 1.0pt; padding: 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt 4.0pt; width: 245.0pt;" valign="top" width="245"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/carolynreillybooks/"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">https://www.facebook.com/carolynreillybooks/</span></a></td>
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Dangerous and Sinfully Seductive.</span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Featuring 25 stories including Soul Collectors</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Angelique is an Angel Soul Collector. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">She collects the souls of those who
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Some choose not to go with her and
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leaves them to their fates. Some find satisfaction and will be given another
chance to cross over, but most doom themselves to wander the earthly realm for
an eternity. The ones who surrender to her, to the light, she opens the doorway
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Nathanial is a Demon Soul Collector. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">15 years ago<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The
divers broke the surface and there was something between them. From the shape,
it appeared to be a body. Water dripped off the remnants of ripped water-logged
clothing that once covered a person. The men on the boat assisted the divers in
getting the body on board. They placed it in a tarp and carefully wrapped it
up. The camera was unable to get a clear shot but from the half a leg left, it
confirmed it was indeed a person, but unclear at the time if it was male or
female. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Ruby
and her parents looked at the television screen watching the scene with horror.
The reporter on the six o’clock news came on and stated the footage had been
taken earlier that morning, and the body pulled out of the river had been
identified. Celeste Reid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">“Oh
my God!” her mother wailed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">“Jesus,”
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<b><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%;">CHAPTER ONE<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Lucian
stood unabashedly naked as he inhaled the fresh scent of a morning rain that
was typical of Miami in the summer. He looked down at the empty courtyard that
cradled the Luxe mosaic pool and tried to remember if he’d had a chance to
enjoy it before falling into bed with his sleeping guest. For the life of him,
Lucian couldn’t recall what had happened after leaving the fourth bar on his
crawl down Ocean Drive.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He
shoved his thick dark hair out of his face and rubbed his tired gray eyes. On
behalf of his father, he’d travelled to the Sunshine State to handle a labor
dispute at their tobacco farm just outside of Miami. However, once all labor
issued were resolved, he made sure to indulge in everything that Miami was good
for; food, booze, and women. And last night, he’d had his fill of all three.
Unfortunately, it was time to put a cap on overindulgence and head back to “The
Big Apple.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lucian
looked longingly down at the clear blue water in the swimming pool one last
time before turning away. He entered his posh suite in the luxurious Villa Casa
Casuarina. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Villa
Casa Casuarina was once the home of the late and beloved Gianni Versace. But
after the famous fashion designer’s untimely death, the incredible Miami
mansion had been converted into a posh boutique hotel. <o:p></o:p></div>
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With
bare feet, Lucian shuffled across the cool marble floor until he was in the
bedroom. He yawned, piercing the unusual silence of an ocean front hotel. For a
few seconds, he stared down at the busty, young blonde that was sprawled out on
the expensive cotton sheets and worked hard to remember her name. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He
couldn’t. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But
whoever she was, she was definitely a beauty. The sheet had fallen from her
creamy skin and was barely covering her tight, round ass while the curve of one
large tit, smooshed into the bed, provoking Lucian’s desire. Her full lips were
slightly parted as she slept peacefully. Lucian’s cock jerked and tensed. He
was seconds away from a hard-on. One more go with his overnight guest would
have been ideal. Too bad, he would have to pass. Lucian had a plane to catch.
So, instead of obeying his growing cock, he gave the woman a swift smack on the
ass.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Instead
of waking up, the woman grunted and turned her head opposite Lucian. Another
smack on the ass did encourage a startle. She raised up on her elbows and
turned in Lucian’s direction. After struggling to focus, she looked up with
murky blue irises. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“I
gotta catch a flight,” Lucian announced.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
“W-what?”
Her voice was hoarse, and she seemed a bit disoriented. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Time
to go,” Lucian informed her as he walked around the large California King-sized
bed. “Have a good day.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once
he made it to the doorway of the bathroom, he looked back and observed the
blonde as she began to collect her undergarments.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Oh, excuse me,” Lucian called to her
back. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Hell, he still couldn’t remember her
name.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Lucian
couldn’t help his smile when she turned around and looked at him with a question
in her big blue eyes, reminding Lucian just how pretty she was. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">“Take
your friend with you,” he said, pointing to the pretty, young brunette lying
next to her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Running from the thing that had killed her remaining parent, running for her
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invaded her mind. She needed him, but he couldn’t find her. Not until she
released her block against him. He just hoped it would not be too late. Because
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DRAGON'S BLOOD- Story of the Brethren 2 </div>
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<b style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;"><i><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">A </span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;">rare echo of thunder drummed across a hazy Arizona night. The threat of rain and the lateness of the hour insured privacy. At the place known as Window Rock, directly beneath the arch of the natural circular stone monument, two men, one older one younger, watched and waited. The older one had long white hair pulled away from a high forehead into a tight braid, hanging down the center of his back. The pathways on his deeply lined face told the story he’d lived life long and rough, the broadness of his features highlighted his Native American heritage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The older man crouched within the Window, pulled out the sheathed ceremonial knife at his hip and handed it to the younger man. He was of medium height and wore a cap pulled low over his head his face remained shadowed, but when he reached for the knife, lightning reflected off its surface showing the man’s dark colored skin. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The Native American man held out his hands, palms up and the other man sliced them both open. Turning around, the older man laid his blood covered palms upon one side of the stone interior. He sang in his native tongue, voice low the tone guttural. Where his hands touched the rock, instead of smearing it red, the surface began to glow, muted at first then into a radiant white. The younger man narrowed his eyes when the glow blazed highlighting his features. Isaiah Turner stood silent sentinel, stroking the bloodied ceremonial knife in his hand against the other side of the rock. His long wait was almost over. After twelve years of careful planning, searching, everything was in place—almost. They needed one more crucial piece. He nodded at the old Indian he’d been sent to find and stayed with for the last dozen years, learned from. Readying everything for this day. The old man was dying and this would be his last act, best his death help their master accomplish his goals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The seismic boom ricocheted through the night and jerked Darryl Jenkins from a deep sleep. His wife beside him bolted upright, her blond micro-braids swinging as she looked toward the window in their room facing east, toward Window Rock. The direction of the sound. The echo of danger vibrated within their dragons, causing them to growl. The explosion disturbed the lines of magicks running through the very core of Earth. Any one with a drop of brethren blood would have felt it to varying degrees. The stronger in power the greater the effect. For Darryl and his truemate, it was the equivalent of a thousand bells ringing in their heads.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Darryl turned and took his wife into his arms. Holding onto each other, they combined their powers and stopped the effect of the disruption, lesser brethren might have headaches for days from the after shock of such pain. But Darryl was a First. One of the first seven brethren awakened by their leader, Draakar, the Dark Dragon Lord, over a dozen years ago. Darryl carried strong magicks in his veins, as did his truemate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Darryl had been born on Earth, a descendant of Earth born brethren. His mate however, was born on Akgon, their native realm, a place not of this Earth. Still, they both came from strong brethren blood.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The reason for the boom chilled Darryl to the marrow of his soul. It was why he’d been placed here, in this area. He was the strongest brethren in the country. Other than the Dark Lord’s son, Talon, there were not many brethren stronger in power on Earth than Darryl. His sole task, because of his great strength, was the guarding of the portal at Window Rock in Arizona. The arch was a gateway to another world, another realm. One neither brethren nor human, something no human should know of but obviously perhaps a handful did. It didn’t matter, Darryl and the other brethren wanted no one crossing over from the other side. So Darryl kept watch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Years ago, he’d helped his Lord seal all the portals on Earth in order to trap a renegade brethren, known simply as the betrayer, for his crimes against brethren and humanity. His name stripped from their history. A silver dragon bent on proclaiming himself Lord of all brethren and human alike, by any means necessary. The seals were meant to keep him from returning to Earth and wracking his havoc. Darryl feared the explosion could mean the betrayer had made an attempt to break the seal. Or worse. He succeeded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“I’m not sure.” Darryl could not lie to this woman even if he wanted to. She was his truemate, with access to the deepest reaches of his soul. The one woman born just for him, capable of drawing forth all of his magicks. Darryl was brethren who could harness magick when Draakar first awakened him, but even more powerful since he mated a year ago. He followed up his initial answer with the truth, a truth that would only take her brethren senses another moment to discover for herself. “Whatever is going on, it’s coming from the portal. Come on, we’ve got to go.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">At about the same time Darryl and his truemate backed the car out of their driveway and headed in the direction of the Window to investigate the disturbance, someone else prepared to rush to his aid. Talon, Earth’s guardian and Draakar’s son, along with Robert, one of his father’s Firsts assigned to watch over Talon, stepped on the Akgon private jet in Ireland to get to Darryl’s side. Even over thousands of miles, Talon’s powers were strong and he was linked to all of the Firsts remaining on Earth. Though an ocean and thousands of miles separated them, Talon called upon the powers of the Stones. The source of the portal to Akgon. He sent telepathically to Darryl. W<i>e’re on our way. An attempt has been made to breach the portal, so far the seal is holding. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Unfortunately, Talon and Robert, even though both were golden dragons, couldn’t take dragon form and fly there, or teleport over such a great distance. That would task powers they may later need. However, they could boost the speed of the plane they traveled on and move it from one location to another, with the help of the powers of Mother Earth, in minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Soon enough, Darryl stopped the <i>Jeep </i>as close to the Window as they could get, got out of the car then quickly climbed to the top of the hill the arch sat upon. The entire area lay covered in the darkness of night, deserted, and after the soul shattering noise earlier, suddenly eerily silent. None of the night sounds that should be present were. Not even the brush of the wind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Darryl’s dragon within remained uneasy. As Darryl and Jenna cautiously approached, he expanded his senses and scanned the area. He felt his mate beside him do the same. <i>I don’t see or sense anyone. </i> He sent to her mind, <i>but something is still very wrong.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The unnatural bright silver light glowing from the center of the Window seemed even brighter against the otherwise black background. Darryl could feel the power continue to build from the other side pushing against the entrance to Earth. So far it held. They could clearly hear thunder now, echoing from its center. The air drifted ripe with the scent of an electric charge, but nothing could be seen except the light. When they got nearer they noticed a shadow move on one side of the stone arch. Yet neither could sense anyone or anything, as though the power generating from the portal dulled some of their senses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Lightning gathered overhead suddenly striking the empty space dead center within the Window, causing the structure to shine even more so for a moment it looked like daylight. Darryl released his wife’s hand and reached into his jacket, pulling out the Beretta semi-auto he carried. He could command great amounts of powerful magicks, but sometimes something else simpler was called for. <i>Stay behind me.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">They raised their body shields and he angled their climb so they approached the Window from the other end of the movement they had seen. As they drew closer to its base, Darryl could feel the intensity of the steadily building power emanating from it. Like being as close to fire as you could get without feeling the burn, but the flush seemed bad enough. This was as close as he wanted them to get to the glow. And still they were only about ten feet away from it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Slowly, he made his way until he stood at the edge of the Window, being careful not to touch it as he rounded the corner, gun in hand. He quickly spied around the corner and saw nothing. As brightly as the center glowed it did not extend much beyond the Window to penetrate the dark and provide any light, nor could he see through the portal to the other side. Even with his dragon senses Darryl had a hard time seeing in the unnatural night surrounding them. And it was unnatural. Great power created this kind of dull darkness. The sense of danger hit him as he turned around to check on his wife. The sight behind him caused his blood to turn to liquid fire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">After traveling on the winds of Earth magicks, Talon stepped off the plane at a private runway in Arizona onto the tarmac and came to an abrupt halt. Every nerve ending stilled. Robert, beside him, fell to his knees. They were both unprepared for the pain. Talon balled his palms into fists, threw back his head, and roared into the starlight night. Two of their own had just fallen, their powers forcefully leached from them. The wrench of life force so harsh everyone connected to Darryl and Jenna felt it in their core, along with the energy shift. The unthinkable happened. With their deaths, the portal had been breached.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“Oh God!” Robert cried. “What happened?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“The betrayer has found a way to drain magicks,” Talon hissed in anger. “He’s free. And he had help.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“But how could this happen?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Talon looked at the bodies. Darryl’s throat had been cut as well as his wrist. The same was done with his mate. “Someone used the magicks of their brethren blood to open the gate. Whoever did it knew how to open the gate from this side. They forced the seal open from the other side, weakening the portal and used the blood of a powerful brethren to break the seal here in order to open the gate from this side. The portal was attacked from both sides.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“What,” Robert said looking over at Talon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“They had to have known only Draakar, myself, or one of his Firsts could open the gate, and none of us would have done so willingly. Darryl’s power helped close the gate, so the power of his blood could be used to open it, and the blood of others was also used, his mate for one. Someone on this side is helping the betrayer.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“Bloody hell!” Robert cried. “We have to find him, lad and whoever the hell helped him. Should we go back to the Stones and contact your father?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Talon didn’t immediately answer, sensed the body of the dead human not far. He walked in the direction of where he thought it would be. “There.” Robert had been following him. He pointed at the lone car that sat out there by itself well away from any parking spots.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">They approached the car and saw the man behind the wheel. Talon used his senses to scan the man and the car.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“He’s dead,” Robert said. “Do you think he had anything to do with getting the portal open?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“Yes. Look at his hands his clothes.” There were splotches of blood there, although Talon could tell the man had a heart attack. Whether from natural causes or not he couldn’t tell. They’d get no further information from him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">They made their way back to the bodies of their brethren leaving the man for the police or someone else to find. “You go return to Akgon, Robert, get word to Draakar. Tell him what’s happened. I’m going to try to track the betrayer. I have his scent, though it seems changed somehow, and he isn’t the only thing that came through the gate. There’s a signature of magicks I do not recognize. He brought something else across with him, and he’s been changed somehow by the powers from another realm. Tell my father.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“I don’t think me leaving is such a good idea. I should stay with you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Talon turned to look at Robert. In the last few years Robert had come to be like a brother to him. In fact, people thought he was Robert’s younger cousin, he looked like he was in his mid to late twenties. It wasn’t so far fetched since they shared the same fair haired blond coloring. The truth was Talon would continue to look like this for the next thousand years. Robert, still virile and handsome, was in his early thirties, and in fact the younger of the two. Talon held some four hundred years over Robert. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“No Robert. I need you to return to Ireland and contact my father. For now I will hunt alone. Draakar left me in charge of protecting Earth. I’ll call you or the others if I have need.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Not so young Lord,</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Robert sent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“I didn’t realize I broadcasted that.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“You didn’t. I’ve watched you grow and become stronger everyday, as have I. I can just read you better than most. Your word is law here, and I obey.” He bowed his head. “What about Darryl and his wife?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Talon had already summoned the brethren driver who had been waiting for them at the airport to pick them up at the Window instead. He turned when he saw the headlights coming toward them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“I’ll notify Darryl’s parents. They’ll want to bury their son. Jenna was of Akgon, so I suspect Draakar will send her parents across. I’m sure they’ll also want to bury their daughter.” A soft growl emerged from Talon’s chest, his fingers curling into fists. He had to take a deep breath to control the anger simmering just below his skin. His dragon roaring within for revenge, needing to release flame but nowhere to go—yet. “I will take care of the bodies so they appear more natural and it looks as though they fell while climbing, something everyone around here knows they liked to do.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“That should satisfy the authorities,” Robert agreed. “What about funeral arrangements?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“I will leave it to the parents where they want them buried.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The car stopped before them and Robert got in, but paused and looked at Talon, his leader on Earth. “Are you sure Talon? I could at least take care of Darryl and Jenna for you before I go.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Talon understood Robert’s concerns, and smiled bleakly, it was his duty to protect Earth, and Robert’s to protect Talon. “Thank you Robert, but I got this. I was supposed to protect them.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“This is not your fault, Talon.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“I know that, believe me. And I intend to catch the bastard whose fault it is.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">He bent over Jenna first, fighting back the grief and fury as he gazed upon her broken body. The fire within gone for all time and waved his hand over her. A golden glow started at the center of his palms then grew outward until it encased Jenna’s body. When her body stopped glowing, no blood appeared around her neck nor was there a mark. Instead, her neck appeared at an odd angle, like she broke it during a fall. Next bruises and scratches appeared on her arms, head and legs to give support to a fall. Taking a deep breath, he turned to Darryl. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">They’d become close over the last decade. Both traveling back and forth and in constant touch because of the business at first, then because they’d become friends. Hell, he’d been best man at Darryl and Jenna’s wedding, he’d even introduced them. As he’d taken care of Jenna, he did the same thing for his friend. One by one he picked up the bodies and gently laid them together in the back of the car. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Talon drove to a place where they loved to hike, where he’d hiked with the couple a few times, and placed their bodies where they would be easily found. At least he didn’t have to change their clothes, they were already dressed like they’d been hiking. He just created a backpack with the kinds of things Darryl usually carried with him, and the small pouch Jenna carried with water bottles on the sides. The water from the busted bottle drained into the Earth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The sun had been up for awhile now and he hadn’t noticed until he caught the glint of it off Jenna’s bracelet. Once everything was in place, the stage set, Talon took out his cell phone and placed his call to the authorities. He could not bring himself to leave them alone, so he stayed with them until the ambulance arrived.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Even using mind control and making sure one of the park police who showed up was of brethren blood, it still took a couple of hours before Talon could leave the morgue where they had taken Darryl and Jenna. He’d called Darryl’s parents earlier, they were going to fly in later that afternoon from Baltimore, and he also checked in with Robert. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“Where you able to contact Jenna’s family,” Talon asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“Yes, with help from the Stones of power. I got through to Akgon. They’re with me right now, we’re already on the way to the plane we’ll be there soon,” Robert said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“Are they listening in?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“No. I have the glass closed between us in the limo and shielding this conversation.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Talon took a deep breath and found the air in the corridor of the morgue stifling. He’d have to face Jenna’s family first. Given the speed at which they could get the brethren jet to travel, they would be at the morgue before Darryl’s folks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“I’m sorry, Laddie,” Robert continued. “I still don’t think you should be doing this by yourself.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“I have to.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“Valour said he’s not able to reach Draakar.” Valour was one of the oldest brethren, and Draakar’s chief advisor. “He and Lady Maya are visiting another realm and may be hard to track down but after we spoke Valour himself left to go find them.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“So I’m on my own.” Talon inhaled sharply.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“No. You’re not. We are all in this together.” In mid-sentence Robert stopped speaking. He and Talon felt a spike, like the prick of a needle along the blood link. “What the hell was that?” Robert asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“It’s the betrayer. He’s killed another brethren. He’s hunting awakened.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“Bloody hell! Is he near?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“No. But I have to find him. He’s getting stronger with each kill, somehow he’s draining magicks. I’ve changed my mind. I’ll return to Ireland after all. I will need the power of the Stones and Mother Earth to help.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“But I thought you had his scent and could track him?” Robert asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“I did, but as I go further away from the portal at the Window I have a harder time sensing his location. And now it seems to be coming from everywhere. Like he’s put his scent all over Mother Earth.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“But how is that possible? Is it possible?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“No, it’s not. Or not supposed to be. These are not powers he had before. Something’s alien about it, perhaps it’s powers from where ever he’s been all this time, but deaths led the way of his coming and I can’t see that changing anytime soon. I suspect all I have to do is follow the bodies. I’ll return to the castle after I meet with Jenna’s folks. Then I hunt.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“Not without me and shouldn’t we wait for your father?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“I don’t think we’re going to have that kind of time. Can’t you feel it? The sense of urgency in your dragon.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“Yes, yes I can. But, what about the funeral arrangements?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">“I don’t need to be here for that, and it will take a few days. I hope to be done with this once and for all by then. I have to find the betrayer as soon as possible. He knows how to siphon brethren power and boost his own, hopefully, it’s only temporary as it is for my father when he links with us. But this may simply mean the betrayer is going to kill again—soon.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The man clasped her to his chest. His arms wrapped tightly around her, restraining her while tears streamed down his face and she tugged at his arms. “She coming Taabia, dey bringing her. Prepare youself.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">By the light of the full moon, Taabia could see they carried a body between them. The clothing hung off the young girl’s slender form in tatters, like it had been ripped from her. Her blood watered the dry ground with each step the men made with their burden. Taabia drove her fear inward, her screams were internal now, she didn’t wait for them to come to her, shoving away from the man restraining her, she rushed to the others. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Taabia kissed her daughter’s bruised and bloodied face. Her tears mingling with the blood. “I got ya, I got ya,” Taabia crooned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">“I’m sorry Mama, sorry. I shoulda listen.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Two of the women skilled in healing on the plantation came running when they’d heard. Even though none were as skilled in Vodou or natural and unnatural arts as Taabia, a priestess of Damballah. It was not enough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">She cleansed her daughter’s body, but it had been damaged beyond even her repair. Sometimes when a soul was badly damaged, it no longer had the strength to live in the body. But it takes the body with it before it departs. This was her daughter. She could see her life essence flickering, dimming where once, it had been vibrant and full of enough light to brighten up a room.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">“They will pay,” Taabia whispered as she lay her daughter upon the funeral pyre and set the branches to flame. Standing silent watch, surrounded by her lover and the other slaves on the plantation as the fire consumed her child’s body. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">She stood in front of the manner house, as she raised her arms and face to the sky. Lightning flashed above the house, the storm battered at her hair and clothing but she stood firm in her need. When she spoke, the wind amplified her words for all within the walls of the house to hear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">“I curse you Clyde deNuit and you brothers. I curse you and all you beget. Each generation one son be born. One son only. At the turn from child to man, he be ruled by the call of the full moon. You act like selfish beasts, then let you be beasts. On all fours shall you crawl the earth until the pull passes. Every cycle from moonrise to moonset, your beast will rule. Until the day one of mine deem you selfish no more.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Thunder rumbled overhead bearing her words to the heavens. The oldest of the deNuits stood at the window and watched the crazy slave woman. His brothers were passed out in their rooms down the hall, but the thunder had awoken him. He sneered at his slave daring to threaten him. He thought he’d have the overseer whip her for her bullshit in the morning. Meanwhile, he turned away to go back to bed with his wife, wishing he had that young slave girl again. He and his brothers had shared between them the night before. The way she’d fought them making him hard all over again. Too bad she died. Well, there were more where she came from. He’d just closed his eyes when the house seemed to shake like it had been hit by lightning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">For those who like their Gods Greek and their myths full of deeds. Three couples must accept their fate and band together to defeat the God of Chaos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">All the Gods are dead. Long live the Gods. Long live Zeus.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">What if you woke up one day and found out you used to be a God? But you don’t care when you can’t save the one you love. Unless you claim your legacy and your powers, even if you have to kill your father to do it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ze found he would do whatever he must to make sure Kassia lived. She was an innocent. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Kassia lived her life for the last year under a death sentence. She had an end date of three months. This was her last chance to save herself against the thing killing her from the inside. Even accepting the will of a God. He could save her life, but at what cost to her soul? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; mso-bidi-font-family: "System Font Regular";">To be reborn time after time knowing, remembering; each past life is both heaven and hell for Ledo. But as a son of Ares, the Fates rule his life. His rebirth serves one purpose: to stand with Zeus when he faces Cronus and to die doing it. That never bothered him. He’d lived many lifetimes and knew his destiny, willingly embracing it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; mso-bidi-font-family: "System Font Regular";">But then came Aria, she too was his destiny, his reward. Both his pleasure and his pain. Protect her he would, even if it meant going against the Fates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; mso-bidi-font-family: "System Font Regular";">As a scientist, if Aria couldn’t see it, taste it, touch it or calculate it, it didn’t exist. Until the man from her beautiful dreams showed her everything she believed in was a lie. And now that she knew that, her life was forfeited.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; mso-bidi-font-family: "System Font Regular";">Linc had grown up having to kill to protect himself and his best friend. So, death and he were intimate friends. Then when his best friend turned out to be non-other than the Greek God Zeus and needed him to once again watch his back, Linc had no choice but to grab his Glock and say, hell yes. <br />
<br />Little did he know, he had many trials to go through to be able to help his friend. Not the least of which was helping a woman conquer her fears and not run from a man like him. But she was an integral part of his existence. He could not let her go. <br />
<br />Mina had resigned herself to being alone all her life. She could trust no one with her secrets, she couldn’t even trust herself. She’d been forced to kill to protect those secrets and she didn’t want to risk the one man who might have accepted them. Not after she’d almost cost him his life. Yet, help him she must. It was her destiny, she just couldn’t bring herself to believe it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">LaVerne Thompson is an award winning, best-selling, multi-published author, an avid reader and a writer of contemporary, fantasy, and sci/fi sensual romances. She loves creating worlds within our world. She also writes romantic suspense and new adult romance under the pen name Ursula Sinclair. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">She is a certified chocoholic and is currently working on several projects. Some might even involve chocolate. But writing helps maintain her sanity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Lowering her mouth nearer to him, she whispered, “If I take you with me, you would die.” She glanced around the room again, at the empty cages. “You will die if I leave you.” She could not take a wounded man with her, but no matter how hard she fought against the thought, it would not go away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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LaVernehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11022592127617744211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36240128.post-66224776988212978382016-12-30T15:59:00.003-05:002016-12-31T15:05:26.078-05:00Lost Gods Book 3- Linc's Story<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial";">*WARNING* This is not an erotic romance. It does however, have sex when warranted and lots of violence and cussing. You have been warned.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Maybe Tomorrow</h1>
by Kim Golden
<em>Maybe…</em>
<strong>Publication Date: </strong>December 9, 2016
<strong>Genres:</strong> Adult, Contemporary, romance.<br />
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No such thing as love…
Eddy and Henrik don’t believe in love. At least, that’s what they keep telling themselves. They’ve been burned in the past, and neither wants to be that vulnerable again.
A summer fling…
That’s all it was ever supposed to be. So why can’t they stop thinking about one another? And for Eddy–who’s moving back to America in a few weeks–the worst thing that could happen would be to fall in love with the one man who could make her question her decision.
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I grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and spent most of my childhood summers in Smithfield, Virginia. I’m not sure where my love of words comes from, but I’ve loved books since I was a child and I’ve loved writing stories for as long as I can remember.
My parents wanted me to do something practical–be an engineer, a doctor, a lawyer, an accountant. But I always dreamed of doing something completely different. I knew I wanted to be a writer, even if it took a bit of time for me to get to that point.
It led me to spend more time writing stories than studying physics and chemistry in high school. It’s what led me study literature and then work on an MFA in Creative Writing at Virginia Commonwealth University. And when I finished my master’s degree, love led me away from the US and brought me to Sweden.
So what do I write? I write about relationships, about love. I often write about interracial relationships. I like reading stories about people who are different, who see past the differences and fall in love. And those are the stories I also enjoy writing. I write stories for people who know that love comes in many colors.
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%;">Ever have that one perfect moment in time, when you know exactly what you’re supposed to do, who you’re supposed to be in life? Well, that had been me, and it certainly had lasted for more than a moment. I’d decided to pledge myself to God and help others in his name. Selfless, that was me and I was weeks away from taking my final vows. Then something happened, I met someone and suddenly I questioned everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%;">I’ve always lived my life on my terms. Granted, I never thought I’d grow up to be a male stripper. But what the hell, I made good money and now, I had a shot at something more. And the women. Yeah, I loved women but they came and went. I preferred it that way. Didn’t matter which of us left first, as long as one of us did. I didn’t do attachments. Then something happened. I’m no saint, but I saved someone and wanted an attachment. Only to find out I could never have her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">“Thank you again for coming, Lani,” Corrine said, giving me a quick hug.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">“Yes,” Lara added, kissing my cheek. “Thank you. Love you. Feel better.” She squeezed my arm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">“I will. Love you too.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">“Want me to help you get a cab?” Lara asked<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">“No, I’ll just call one.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">“Okay. Text me once you get home,” Lara said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">I rolled my eyes. “Sure, sure.” It’s not like I lived alone. I hadn’t moved out of our parent’s house yet. I wouldn’t until I took my novitiate vows in a month, but I worked everyday and went to church every other day. Only returning to our parent’s house in time for dinner and to sleep. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">I made my way to the elevator while my sister and her companions went in the other direction to one of the rooms for the strip show. Part of me was a little curious and wanted to see one, but the other more practical part of me knew I shouldn’t. Having a drink in a bar was one thing, watching the strip show, well something else entirely. Besides, the world seemed a little tilted. I stepped onto the elevator and leaned against the side to right myself. I’d just pressed the button for the first floor when someone stepped on. My head ached so much I couldn’t even glance up to see who I shared the ride with. I stared at the floor and could see the dark shoes and pants legs, the size hinted at a man.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">The door closed, the elevator dropped and my body swayed but I didn’t fall. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">The man who now stood behind me said, “Whoa!” He held onto my waist as though to steady me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">“Tha—thank—y…” Something was wrong with my voice. My words didn’t come out right. How much did I have to drink? The elevator door opened and I took a step forward to get out when the entire floor spun up to meet my face, but strong hands held onto me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">“I got ya.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">“Everything okay?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">A male’s voice asked, one I didn’t recognize.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">“Yeah, she’s fine. Just a little too much to drink.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">I didn’t recognize the one who answered either. “Na…” I wanted to protest, but the arms holding me up were the only reason I could walk forward. I leaned against his strength, depending on it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">I felt myself being placed in the back of a car. The scent of smoke and stale air made me want to puke. “Cab,” I muttered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";">Hands reached across my lap to snap my seatbelt, pausing to stroke my breasts. Wrong this was all wrong. “Nooooooo!” I cried out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Title: Scorpion Tail (Debut Album ~ Fade To Black) </div>
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Publisher: Ice Dragon Press </div>
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Release Date: September 6th 2016</div>
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Genre: Rock Star Romance, Suspense/Mystery, Multicultural Romance</div>
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Sex, Drugs, Rock n' Roll... and Murder </div>
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Toshiro Matsuda, a tenacious Japanese inspector, is on the hunt for a
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victim was slashed backstage during a Scorpion Tail concert in a small town in
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The indie band's wild, rebellious sound and dark lyrics catches Toshiro's
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MonaLisa—aka Queen Sting--the lead singer, hatches a plan to distract the
inspector in order to protect her band brothers. In a turn of events, she
becomes attracted to him. She wants to give in, but if she acts on her desire,
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Will Toshiro be able to catch the killer, before MonaLisa is added to the
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"One day, I'll soar to the heavens and touch the sky. But today, I'd
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**WARNING: Not suitable for the faint of heart, prudes or those easily
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Transfixed, Toshiro watched her move across the studio. It was her—the
owner of that mesmerizing singing voice, the one whom they referred to as Queen
Sting. </div>
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She walked past Byrd and flicked his right ear with her middle finger. </div>
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At first, Toshiro swore he was seeing things. She wouldn’t outright
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Laughing, Byrd grabbed his ear and scrambled away from her. “What’s good,
crazy girl?” </div>
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“What’s good with you?” she shot back, irritation lacing her raspy tone.
“Coming through on a recording day…?” Carefully, she sat her bag down, squatted
before it and unpacked her guitar. The waistline of her pants slid a bit lower,
consequently blessing them with an unobstructed view of her tailbone. “And with
fresh meat too?” She stood, holding the red and silver guitar by the neck, and
waved a finger at Byrd. “C’mon now, son. You know better.” </div>
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“Yeah—yeah, I know. My boy just gotta few question so we can wrap up this
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“A’ight, long as it’s quick.” She slid onto the stool in front of one of
the hanging mics. Next to her was a smaller stool holding an ashtray littered
with cigarette butts. She spread her thighs and propped her heels on the side
footrests. After resting her guitar on the ground between her legs, she crooked
her finger. “Come on over here, fresh meat.” She slipped an unlit cigarette
between her lips. “Whacha got for me?” </div>
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Everyone watched him in tense silence, like he was about to jump into a
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The detective’s eyes danced, his feet shuffled. Despite his jittery
actions, he urged him on with a nod. </div>
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As casually as he could, Toshiro dared to close the distance between him
and ‘Queen Sting’. Staring into her deep brown eyes, he swallowed hard. His
heart raced and mind whirled. Why am I so nervous? She’s just a woman, not some
higher being. “As I’ve informed the members of your band, a homicide was
committed at Club Caesar, during your concert. Our investigation leads us to
believe your drummer had a relationship with said victim.” </div>
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“Uhh-huh,” she hummed, running her bold gaze down his body. </div>
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This wasn’t the first time a woman looked him over in this manner.
However, this was the first time it sent a violent shudder coasting down his
spine. “It…” He attempted to clear the nervousness from his voice before
continuing. “It would be a tremendous help if I could ask him—” </div>
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“My ciggy isn’t lit.” </div>
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“Excuse me?” </div>
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An impish smirk played on her lush lips. “If you want me to hear anything
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He matched her sly smile with one of his own as he patted his pockets
down. “Sorry, I don’t smoke. So, I have no lighter.” </div>
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“Fortunately for you…” She gestured to the scorpion hanging between her
breasts. “I do.” </div>
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He gulped back the words, “then light it yourself,” when his gaze drifted
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Her nipples pushed against the light fabric of her shirt. No bra! Jesus,
why? Her breasts—a size C cup at the least—were so perfectly pronounced on her
chest that she didn’t need to holster them. His body pulsated. Clenching his
teeth, he pushed out a sigh that could’ve easily turned into a moan. </div>
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A cattish gleam brightened her eyes. This was clearly a game to her. </div>
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Toshiro prepared himself to reject such a bold request, but his body
betrayed him. His legs moved him forward, his hand reached out. Eyes locked on
hers, he grabbed the scorpion. His knuckles brushed her cleavage’s smooth
mahogany skin as he took hold of it. He ran his thumb across the switch. The
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Without saying a word, they stared at each other for seconds on end as
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Cigarette clasped between her fingers, she leaned in and allowed the
blaze to ignite the end of the stick. She took a deep draw then sat back with a
smile. “Thank you, Inspector. You may proceed.” </div>
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Toshiro allowed the scorpion to reclaim its position between her breasts
then took a much-needed step back. It took a second to steady his breathing. He
resisted the need to loosen his tie, which suddenly felt like it was choking
him. “You know, smoking is an unbecoming habit, particularly for a woman.” </div>
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“Don’t like me smoking?” Briefly closing her eyes, she wrapped her lips
around the mouthpiece and took in another drag. A stream of smoke seeped from
her nose and swayed before him like a taunting snake. “Then give me something
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Yvonne was born and raised in Orlando, Florida, but now she resides in
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She has two gorgeous boys who never miss out on an opportunity to drive
her crazy, two cute shih-tzu who have yet to realize that they are dogs, and a
wonderful husband who showers her with love and support.</div>
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She’s been an avid reader since the age of fourteen. As a kid, she would
sneak into her mother’s bedroom to read her erotic novels. That’s when her love
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Yvonne dove headfirst into the writing industry and was knocked off her
feet when she became a bestselling author with her first release, Designing
Love. Afterwards, she penned the Dragon Queen Series, which became a
bestselling urban fantasy series. Next, she created the Carnal Diaries
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She’s ever so eager to share her gift with you and take you on an
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