Jennifer Miller
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Garin was beneath the earth again. So, this time, it wasn’t a complete shock and not a horrifying burial. This time, he didn’t feel the earth pressing into him like that awful peyote trip. So the sensation wasn’t unfamiliar, not to someone who grew up underground. Garin awoke to find himself in caves, like the Kingdom’s, but not quite. Having spent his whole life in caves like these, it was quite eerie not to have the signature LED lights lining the walls—or any artificial source. And the walls…-
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My dearest Lily, I do miss you. Conversing with what is left is different. My brief encounters with you since then have been brief. I've had nothing but sorrow since you gave yourself to the church and left this shell. I wish I understood better than what I do now that I might warn you. We’re all lost lambs, crying into the night to She who looks on above our flock. Only, she isn’t interested in the lambs, for she is the biggest wolf, looking only for another wolf to turn into her plaything and…
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Erec hung upside down, wire wrapped around his ankles and digging deep into the skin. His feet throbbed, and the blood rushed to his head; all around him, shadows and fog swirled. Now and again, he caught a suggestion of wolves in the mist, spiraling through the fog in the warehouse Dame Morgana brought them to. Without straining to listen, Erec heard the cries and grunts of his friends. After a second or two, he’d see a flash of light through the fog that marked the use of lightning magic. When Colin…
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Boldwick expected the three Initiates to show up at his door. More specifically, he’d expected a single initiate to show up at his door. And he’d expected Erec to appear much sooner, with his inevitable ask to join the tournament. A request Boldwick had turned over in his since he’d Not something he wanted to take lightly. But Grandmaster Oak gave the go-ahead, so he was well prepared to approve it. Boldwick leaned back in his chair as three boys filtered into his room. He gave them the…
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Only two days after the announcement, the Kingdom had become a full-blown explosion of mixed emotions. Enthusiasm, criticism, and curiosity ran through them like a spilling wave of monsters from a Rift. Of course, the news of the upcoming tournament leaked to the general public well before the eighteen hours it took for the Crown to make the official announcement to them. The nobility of Cindrus was many things, but it could not be kept a secret for long. Overall, the reaction was surprisingly…
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There were two things that brought Erec to a jog the moment he heard Colin yelling. The first was the tone—the anger. It screamed fight. His instincts, honed through their adventures together, were to go and reinforce his friend in battle. No matter who the enemy was, by now, Erec’s body moved on its own accord to get involved. The second, more logical reasoning, as his brain caught up with his legs, was a realization. Out of everyone in their group, Colin was the person with the least social…
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Two hours later, Erec found himself seated at a green felt table. He had to admit, even though he was in the Kingdom, it sure felt like he’d been teleported back to Vega—the room was lit only by neon lights. Or LEDs made to look like the bright neon lights he’d grown accustomed to in that otherworld. That, the table, the cards, and the chatter of people gambling around him made for a surreal experience, considering he No, he was with his friends in the middle of the Kingdom of Cindrus. Garin…
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Hello all! This is the end of what is allowed to have off of Amazon for the first book in this series; it covers chapters 1-92--all edited and complete additionally with an Audiobook narrated by Roger Clark, who voiced Arthur Morgan in Red Dead 2, if you fancy audible as much as I do too. It is also subject to the Kindle Unlimited program, so if you have that as well, you're able to read and enjoy it for free, as a superior version to what had been here before (both with extensive edits from myself, and…
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But it was the words. What he said had the effect of a storm crashing into this fine estate, the winds of change tearing through the room and smashing into everyone who heard those words uttered by the crowned prince and, therefore, spoken by the crown. This was the first time Erec had seen the crowned prince, the man who would one day rule the Kingdom. He’d met his younger brother, Soren, and even kneeled before their father—the King. And William could not be more different from the unassuming ruler…
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Erec roamed the halls; his armor was a charcoal grey suit. His weapons? Nothing but words and the fists at his side were things to shake out incorrectly. But he didn’t do so alone. At the very least, this wasn’t a battlefield that he had to wade into with nothing but his axe—though, right now, he wished he could have the weapon on his back dearly. Lately, it’d grown more familiar, more comfortable. A welcome friend in any circumstance, and to be without it left a pang in his heart. “He…
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