Through the Oracle’s Mist
by Aedan
Byrnes
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BLURB:
In
the blackest night, with the moon and stars to guide him, she would always be
there waiting…
Cyrenna
thought she died the day she watched Tynan and his brothers jump through the
banishment portal in an act of solidarity with Rigor. Little did she know, it
would be the first of many deaths she would experience in her quest to claim
his heart. She would surrender not only her immortal soul, but a mortal one
repeatedly. Through a deal with the great Oracle, she has multiple mortal
lifetimes to change the direction of her future and have a chance with Tynan.
Her
journey spans the ages from the GenPei War in Japan and the Silk Road west, to
Cromwell, the Three Kingdoms and modern times, bringing her one step closer to
forever until she makes a misstep. Then, the burden falls to Tynan. The only
thing that is absolute is her fervent hope that he will come, but there’s one
big problem.
Through
it all, he doesn’t so much as know her name.
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Excerpt
Four:
I had a choice to make for all of us. I needed to make it
now. There was no time to wait or to confer. Letting go of my brother’s arms, I
tried to convey that there was cause as the five of them eyed me like I’d lost
my mind. Maybe I had. I would have to be perfect to do what I was planning.
Sending up a prayer for Amarus to guide me, I shifted to
other on the court floor before the god and the gallery of spectators. Throwing
my weight forward, I slammed into Rigor’s back, knocking him forward to kneel
at the god’s feet. I held fast and shifted back as quickly as I was able. I
could only hope that it would be enough, and that Amaranos would understand. As
we knelt before him, the room electric with shock, I said the only thing I
could get out that might be enough.
“Please.”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
There is no
simple description for Aedan Byrnes. Obsessive, dreamer, reclusive, compulsive,
outdoorsman and wordsmith would be among the list if one were started. The
displaced Gael lives in the upper Midwest with family between jaunts wherever
the road takes him. A frequent traveler, he is as likely to be found rock
climbing or spelunking as sitting fireside dreaming or aimlessly floating away.
A lifelong
lover of words and writing, he claims a diverse reading appetite and his
writing reflects the myriad influences. A self-proclaimed 'reader's writer', he
looks for the emotional and the sensory in word combinations, not just the
visceral comprehension of phrases in the stories he crafts and his love of all
things literary shines through.
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6 comments:
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Such a beautifully written story. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Nice cover
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Sorry about the late post! :) Thanks for being on the blog today and sharing such a lovely story with us!
That excerpt gives me chills all over again with that one word "Please" that is just a taste of what Aedan gives you in this spellbinding journey through the mists.
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