Authors: Shea Berkley
Copyright © 2015 Shea Berkley
All rights reserved.
ISBN-10: 1-942373-04-X
ISBN-13: 978-1-942373-04-9
Published by Thursday Publishing
Cover art and design by Clarissa Yeo
Editing by Robin Perini
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CONTENTS
| Before the Descent | 1 |
| Part One | |
| Lake of Secrets | 7 |
| Unwanted and Rejected | 16 |
| The Lad That Wasn’t | 23 |
| Alone But Not Forgotten | 36 |
| A Waste of a Good Lad | 46 |
| Cobalt Eyes Beneath Dark Skies | 64 |
| A Most Stubborn Girl | 71 |
| Without | 80 |
| Not That Stupid | 87 |
| Impossible Part Two | 105 |
| A Wound to the Heart | 112 |
| At Last | 126 |
| Jewel-Tone Waters | 132 |
| Scrying | 138 |
| Death | 146 |
Par | Part Three | |
| Fear of the Unknown | 154 |
| Sage Hill | 165 |
| The Nix Knows Naught | 176 |
| Mine | 182 |
| True Love | 189 |
| It’s Over | 199 |
| A New Beginning | 209 |
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