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Elder
Excerpt #3
“Clara Kate,”
Ini-herit said. “May I speak with you?”
Glancing up in
surprise, she considered what to say. He hadn’t made a point of
communicating with her very much since the transition, and she’d
been avoiding him as much as possible lately. Maybe this was a
conversation they needed to have.
Reaching her
decision, she nodded.
“I wish to
apologize to you,” he said as he approached.
She blinked. “What?”
“I feel I owe you
an apology. When Malukali and Knorbis attempted to extract the memory
about the map, they inadvertently triggered one of us on the human
plane. The memory of you and me standing together before I
transitioned.”
Her breath lodged in
her throat. Had her father been wrong? Was it really possible
Ini-herit’s memories could be revived?
“I made a couple
of promises to you that I failed to keep,” he said. “I could
sense that we shared an emotional connection. I did believe that it
would sustain through my transition. However, that is not the case.”
She stepped away
from him. The words landed like slices from a well-honed blade. How
was it possible that her heart could break all over again when it had
already been so thoroughly shattered?
“You will move on
from this experience. You are young, after all,” he said, his
silver eyes reflecting nothing. “I hope that you can find it in
your heart to forgive me.”
She wasn’t sure
how her voice made it past the raw pain he had just ripped into her
chest. But before she walked away, she managed to reply, “My heart
is capable of all kinds of things, Ini-herit. But you have no right
to ask anything more of it than you already have.”
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Brief author bio: Raine Thomas is the award-winning author of a series of YA fantasy/romance novels about the Estilorian plane, including the Daughters of Saraqael trilogy and the Firstborn trilogy. She is a proud member of Romance Writers of America and is a contributing blogger to The Writer's Voice. When she isn’t planning weddings, writing or glued to social networking sites, she can usually be found on one of Florida’s beautiful beaches with her husband and daughter or crossing the border to visit with her Canadian friends and relatives.Ways readers can connect with me:
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Thanks so much for being a part of the ELDER launch tour, Suzy! I absolutely love your blog. Too adorable!
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