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eBook Category: Romance/Fantasy
eBook Description: The ancient witch Chloe bound four men, Aegis, and their descendants, to eternal duty protecting Kaereya from invasion. Generations later, only the superstitious believe in witches and Aegis magic. Devastated by a callous and false suitor, Vesper accepts the clansman Drew Montoren's offer of handfast. Confused and full of self-doubt, dream visions plague Vesper. News of the royal family's murder and rumors of imminent invasion come to the clansmen, tormenting Vesper with guilt, for this is the vision that haunts her. She swears to follow her visions and use them against the approaching evil.

eBook Publisher: Wings ePress, Inc, Published: Wings ePress, 2005
Fictionwise Release Date: April 2005

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Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [2.2 MB], eReader (PDB) [448 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [464 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [409 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [354 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [418 KB], hiebook (KML) [1.0 MB], Sony Reader (LRF) [515 KB], iSilo (PDB) [381 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [475 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [510 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [596 KB]
Words: 137556
Reading time: 393-550 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
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ISBN: 1-59088-386-1

Glad of the respite, Vesper quickly left. The kitchen's warmth soothed the chill felt from the dining room. It's cozy atmosphere brought an unspoken relief. Eudora and Freda were putting the finishing touches on the family's dessert and looked up in unison as she entered. Vesper lowered her eyes. "Hayden has asked for Freda to finish serving," she said not looking up from the floor. Freda huffed and groaned before she left with the desserts. A quick side-glance caught the rebuking glance Freda threw her way.

"What happened?" Eudora asked.

Vesper looked at her foster mother to judge her temper. "I spilled the wine. Some stained Dame Winnifred's sleeve."

Eudora stood calmly cleaning up the worktable. Her strong features seemed neither upset nor harried as the soft brown eyes regarded Vesper. A simple embroidered white cap framed her oval face with its beaked nose and high slashing brows, and hid the black and silver hair braided and coiled beneath it. "Is there a mess to clean up?"

"No, Dame Winifred wiped it up with her napkin."

"Were you careless around the mistress?"

"Yes," Vesper said. It was useless to suggest her arm was nudged. She sighed. "The mistress's talk put me in a trance, by the time I heard her request, she had to repeat it. I hurried, that is all. I am sorry, Eudora."

"Sit and eat your own dinner."

"I'll help you clean up, then we can sit together," Vesper offered, guilt stricken for the lack of a reprimand.

Eudora nodded and placed the plates in the warmer. "Freda eats with us tonight as with the full moon and harvest, Marwyn will be late from the fields. You need to stay focused, Vesper."