WARRIOR OF FIRE
by
Shona Husk
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Pub
Date: 6/20/17
Is theirs a love match?
For Leira Venn, her future is a given
foretold by the oracle of the Albah, the ancient people she was born
to. Which is why she knows from the moment she meets Dr. Julian Ryder
that he is fated to be hers. But nothing else about the prophecy
feels right. For the handsome doctor is shrouded by darkness, and
intimately involved with a woman who seems intent on killing Leira …
Or a death wish?
Sorrow has shadowed Julian Ryder for as
long as he can remember. But from the moment he meets lovely Leira,
his heart is filled with hope for the future—a future that is as
combustible as the powerful attraction between them. For Leira is
marked for death by the very forces who killed his mother. The very
darkness that stole everything he held most dear. Only this time,
Julian is stronger, more in control of his powers than ever. But will
it be enough to save Leira from those who would destroy her?
Emily slipped her phone into her pocket. He hadn’t been lying about
leaving the hospital late. She’d watched him walk out the door. She’d spent
a lot of time watching him and not enough doing anything. The times
they were together they got as close as two people could, yet Julian had
managed to keep the rest of his life completely apart from her. She waspretty sure that no one even knew they were dating.She sat in her car without starting it. They weren’t really datingand she shouldn’t be feeling pissed that he’d blown her off. He was amark, not her lover.He was her kill to get her full membership to the Guardians of Adam.She closed her eyes and leaned over the steering wheel. So why hadn’tshe done it already? She should’ve done it months ago when they first met.She’d known that he was Albah from the curl of his ears. But he was alsoattractive, educated, and nothing like the egotistical magic-using maniacsher mother had told tales about. She should’ve questioned him and killedhim two weeks ago while the undead horror was alive and killing. Nowthe Albanex had vanished and she knew a Guardian hadn’t killed it. TheAlbah were probably protecting it. Hiding and feeding it.She shuddered.How could Julian, a well-respected doctor and burns specialist, participatein something like that? Yet it was in his blood to become an undead, blooddrinkingAlbanex. She needed to find out where his father lived—whichwas harder than it should have been. She’d tried.There was a tap on her window. Her heart stopped and she almost died.What a Guardian she was, jumping at a security guard doing his rounds.She opened her window a crack. “Yes?”“Just checking you’re all right, miss.” The security guard looked concerned.Emily softened her features as though she’d seen a dying relative andsniffed. “Yeah. Just gathering myself before I drive home.”“Never wise to linger in the car park. Better safe than sorry.” He smiled.He looked as though he couldn’t run down a thief even if the thief wascarrying a box full of donuts and a coffee to wash them down.Emily nodded and obediently started her car. When he didn’t moveaway, she pulled out of the bay. She needed to get home. It was late, butno doubt her mother would want a status update.No change. Nothing to report.The only excuse she could give for why the Albah was still alive wasthat he could lead them to more…and hopefully the Albanex.She paid for her parking and headed out of the city. She’d go to Julian’splace and wait to see if he came home tonight at all. That twinge in herchest was not jealousy.He didn’t have another lover.He barely had time for her.She knew the real reason Julian was still alive was because she didfancy him just the tiniest bit. And he saved people. Maybe he wasn’t likethe other Albah.But all Albah could become Albanex. Albanex were the vampires thathumans thought existed only in myth. Albah were more like the elves orwitches, harmless until they did the magic that would make them drinkblood and live forever. The Guardians should’ve wiped them all out 200years ago instead of calling for a truce; then she wouldn’t be in this position.Doctor Julian Ryder, for all his good work, was still only one magicritual away from becoming an undead monster.
Shona Husk lives in Western Australia
at the edge of the Indian Ocean. Blessed with a lively imagination
she spent most of her childhood making up stories. As an adult she
discovered romance novels and hasn’t looked back. With over forty
published stories, ranging from sensual to scorching, she writes
contemporary, paranormal, fantasy, and sci-fi romance.
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