Thankfully, since rescuing Celeste from
the oak cave had taken all night,
Shadowdancer was rested for the ride
back to Tamlon.
suffocating. Lifeless limbs cracked in
the wind. Flesh of the trees sloughed
off in layers, exposing its bones. Gashes
hollowed out chunks of warmth.
Fragments of leaves clung to finger tips,
marking sepulchers of the dying trees.
Trees mourned with wails like splitting
wood, and I brought my hands over my
ears. I must flee before I became
infected, they told me. Flee before the
stain of this defilement creeps into you,
they warned. Trees spoke to my kind,
always had. Yet these trees were in
such agony of death that I could not
breathe. Felt as though my lungs had
folded in on themselves, like a moth
unable to break loose from its cocoon.
With Celeste’s wounds slathered with
yarroway and other healing plants, she
mounted. Then Emillya climbed up
behind her.
Reviews
Cursed in Shadow Book 1.5 Legends of
Oblivion series
"The Garnet Dagger is an enthralling
paranormal romance . . . The author
does a masterful job of building her
own unique world . . . The Garnet
Dagger is an intriguing and thoroughly
entertaining paranormal romance that
is worth the read." –The Lusty Penguin
Blurb: Cursed in Shadow is the
continuation of The Garnet Dagger,
Book 1 Legends of Oblivion series. This
novelette bridges Book 1 and Son of
Dragons, Book 2.
"The Garnet Dagger was a well written
story. The author Andrea R Cooper did
fabulous world-building. The
relationship depicted between the two
main characters is flawless. And the
description was very vivid. Highly
recommended for all lovers of
Paranormal romance." –Paranormal
Romance Reviews
“Highly recommended for all lovers of
Paranormal romance.” Nas Dean
“The setting was darkly beautiful and
the imagery brought it to life.”Katie
Cody
After defeating the Warloc, Brock, the
Elvin Vampyre, takes Celeste to Tamlon
to search the prophecies of the four
and the Son of Dragons. However, the
Elvin city is not safe, even for his witch.
The Warloc’s protégé is bent on his
physical return to the living. Her
necromancy brings forth Brock’s first
victim and more.
Brock and Celeste must defeat
prejudice and power to continue their
journey and find Brock’s twin sister,
Mirhana.
Excerpt:
When I rose, the two guards
sidestepped away. Nay, they would not
gamble their lives again by being within
my reach.
At least one Elvin besides me did not
hate humans. If Emillya didn’t like
humans, or Celeste for that matter, she
wouldn’t speak to her much less ride
on a horse with her. I ran alongside
them while Celeste and Emillya talked.
One guard raced on the opposite side
of Shadowdancer, the other in front.
And it appeared the horse gave the
Elvin a race.
The Elvin were considerate enough to
let Shadowdancer canter or walk
whenever he tired. How they
understood that running the horse too
long too fast would be the end of him I
do not know. There have never been
horses in Elvin lands for as long as I can
remember.
We all took turns getting Celeste to talk
to us about her cave adventure; she
must stay awake awhile longer, even
though we could all see she fought to
keep her eyes open.
“As soon as you’ve rested,” Emillya told
her, glowering at my constant
interruptions to translate, “you need to
view the prophecies of the four. Nivel
gave me instructions when he left with
Brock. The library vaults await
unchanged. He told me you’d come
back after banishing the Warloc to the
underworld.
“Hopefully, Brock hasn’t caused
unrealized damage by the oak magic
trapping you.”