And he vanished, leaving the weight of my future in my hands.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
LAURA BICKLE GREW UP IN rural Ohio, reading entirely too many comic books out loud to her favorite Wonder Woman doll. After graduating with an MA in Sociology – Criminology from Ohio State University and an MLIS in Library Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she patrolled the stacks at the public library and worked with data systems in criminal justice. She now dreams up stories about the monsters under the stairs, also writing contemporary fantasy novels under the name Alayna Williams.
Her work has been included in the ALA’s Amelia Bloomer Project 2013 reading list and the State Library of Ohio’s Choose to Read Ohio reading list for 2015-2016.
For the latest updates on Laura’s work, please visit www.laurabickle.com
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many thanks to the folks who helped make this book happen.
Thanks to my wonderful husband, Jason, and my friend, Marcella, for beta reading, again and again. I guess that makes it Omega Reading?
Thanks to Danielle Fine for the beautiful cover and editorial help.
Many thanks to Roxanne Rhoads at Bewitching Book Tours for all the promotional help for these many years of publishing. You are the promo goddess!
MORE BY LAURA BICKLE
Nine of Stars: A Wildlands Novel
Mercury Retrograde: A Dark Alchemy Novel
Dark Alchemy
Embers
Sparks
The Hallowed Ones
The Outside (The Hallowed Ones Book 2)
Dark Oracle
Rogue Oracle
See more at Laura Bickle’s Author Page
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
About the Author
Acknowledgments
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