Excerpt from Tracing The Stars – Prologue:
Orynn is coping with her current reality and gaining an understanding that her fate has been inseparably bound to Jarren’s.
Orynn is coping with her current reality and gaining an understanding that her fate has been inseparably bound to Jarren’s.
The hot sting of tears blurred her vision
of the star-lit canopy above her as she gazed up at the points of light shining
between her fingers. They were all there, delicately crafted into the lacework
of the fabric. Caspian the Gallant, Soros his arch nemesis, the beautiful
Tressana bewitching the wise sage Acrates, the Raven, the Stag and the Seeker’s
Lantern. There were also patterns she didn’t recognize and she wondered at
their stories. That night with Jarren had been the last time she traced the
stars. After what happened with his family, and with his father, her eyes could
barely stand to look at their sparkling lights without the sadness overwhelming
her.
The stories she could trace into them from
her own life would not be happy ones, and she doubted that they would ever be
able to guide her back home. Unless they
already have.
A shaky exhale released from her chest as
she turned her hand over to look at the circular scar set in the palm of her
hand. Perhaps her home was never meant to be with Ethan. Those events seemed so
far away and she had already resigned herself to the fact that she would never
see her beloved Velstrae again.
Perhaps that had all been a lucid dream or a misstep in fate. Her fingers
closed around the scar as her hand lowered back down to her side. Perhaps she
was right where she was meant to be.
With compassion masking the sadness in her
eyes, she looked back down to the sleeping man nestled into her shoulder. The
darkness of vengeance and obsession had corrupted his spirit, but she could
still see the faint whispers of the beautiful boy trapped behind the hard edges
of the man lying beside her. He was a Vestrasa,
and so, by the rules of her people that were created to protect the story of
the universe, she was not allowed to interfere with the decisions he made. She
had already made that mistake with him once before, but perhaps now the
universe was giving her a second chance to set things right. Her heart could
not love him in the same way that he wanted her to, but she did love him,
deeply. A piece of her spirit was eternally his and she had made a promise to
him to be there, here, with him. Always.
Synopsis:
Hankarron Eros has loved
Tara since she had pigtails, but his fear of losing the strength and support
that their friendship provides leads him to keep his heart's desires locked
away. When the truth about his family is exposed and leaves him grasping to
hold onto his ship, his crew and his sanity, words are spoken that can't be
taken back and the presence he had grown so used to having at a convenient
reach is gone.
Tara Flint has never denied her heart's attraction to the floppy-haired, brown-eyed Hankarron, even if he can be a stupid limik sometimes. Her strong will falters as she is forced to decide between a promise she made to her father, a boy she has loved since she had pigtails and the possibility of finding out what her life might be like without the presence of Hankarron always by her side.
When you get knocked down, you get back up and hit the other guy harder. Trip 'Wild Fists' Weston is a Runata'ji combat fighter at the top of his career with a fame and fortune he doesn't want and a Lucky Clover tattooed across his heart to remind him of the girl who is always just out of reach. When Tara's luck lands her in his lap without Hankarron on her heels, Trip wonders if this is his chance to capture his Clover, or if Tara's luck has other ideas in mind. Fate doesn't always give you want you want, but it will always give you what you need.
Jennadri Szina doesn't have time for matters of the heart or trying to get two wayward agents back on track. She's got a mission to run, a Director who is dying and a mother who isn't easy to impress. When Jehdra sends her to save Hank and Tara, Jen takes her mother's mission on at full speed, but she isn't prepared to manage 'Wild Fists' Weston and his damn dimple.
They say that the stories of our time will one day be traced into the stars to help guide others home. Fate strings intertwine with skipping stones across the stars of the universe, pulling it forward and writing new lines in the night sky as the Corwint Central Agent saga continues to lead Ethan, Orynn and Jarren towards a collision that holds the power to change everything.
Tara Flint has never denied her heart's attraction to the floppy-haired, brown-eyed Hankarron, even if he can be a stupid limik sometimes. Her strong will falters as she is forced to decide between a promise she made to her father, a boy she has loved since she had pigtails and the possibility of finding out what her life might be like without the presence of Hankarron always by her side.
When you get knocked down, you get back up and hit the other guy harder. Trip 'Wild Fists' Weston is a Runata'ji combat fighter at the top of his career with a fame and fortune he doesn't want and a Lucky Clover tattooed across his heart to remind him of the girl who is always just out of reach. When Tara's luck lands her in his lap without Hankarron on her heels, Trip wonders if this is his chance to capture his Clover, or if Tara's luck has other ideas in mind. Fate doesn't always give you want you want, but it will always give you what you need.
Jennadri Szina doesn't have time for matters of the heart or trying to get two wayward agents back on track. She's got a mission to run, a Director who is dying and a mother who isn't easy to impress. When Jehdra sends her to save Hank and Tara, Jen takes her mother's mission on at full speed, but she isn't prepared to manage 'Wild Fists' Weston and his damn dimple.
They say that the stories of our time will one day be traced into the stars to help guide others home. Fate strings intertwine with skipping stones across the stars of the universe, pulling it forward and writing new lines in the night sky as the Corwint Central Agent saga continues to lead Ethan, Orynn and Jarren towards a collision that holds the power to change everything.
Author bio:
C.E. Kilgore (1981 - ) has
always had a love of romantic stories and science fiction. Although active in
the writing community during her undergraduate studies, she chose to focus on
her love of history and culture. Graduating with an HBA in History and a BA in
Cultural Anthropology, she puts a deep emphasis on creating characters and
environments within her writing that are full of both culture and history. The
relationship development between characters and the worlds they live in is also
an important aspect of her stories. Sarcasm, comedy, hidden "modern"
references and subtle hints at underlined universal meanings are common within
her writing style, but there is always plenty of action and a darker side
lurking just around the corner.
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