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    Arquon (2 Tales of the Southern Kingdoms)
    Arquon (2 Tales of the Southern Kingdoms)
    Arquon (2 Tales of the Southern Kingdoms)
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    Arquon (2 Tales of the Southern Kingdoms)

    By Barbara G.Tarn

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    In "The Sect" watch a minority turn into a bloodthirsty, sex crazed Sect at the expense of its own members.
    Five years later, in "The Slave", meet the rightful king of Arquon. See him fall in love with a foreign woman who is his slave and then lose his battle against the Sect gaining power with the help of dark magic.
    Adult fantasy

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUnicorn Productions
    Release dateMay 24, 2011
    Arquon (2 Tales of the Southern Kingdoms)
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    Barbara G.Tarn

    Barbara G.Tarn had an intense life in the Middle Ages that stuck to her through the centuries. She prefers swords to guns, long gowns to mini-skirts, and even though she buried the warrior woman, she deplores the death of knights in shining chainmail. She likes to think her condo apartment is a medieval castle, unfortunately lacking a dungeon to throw noisy neighbors and naughty colleagues in. Also known as the Lady with the Unicorns, these days she prefers to add a touch of fantasy to all her stories, past and present – when she’s not wandering on her fantasy world of Silvery Earth or in her Star Minds futuristic universe. She’s a writer, sometimes artist, mostly a world-creator and story-teller. Two of her stories received an Honorable Mention at the Writers of the Future contest. She writes, draws, ignores her day job and blogs every other day.

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      Arquon (2 Tales of the Southern Kingdoms) - Barbara G.Tarn

      ARQUON

      Two Tales of the Southern Kingdoms

      by Barbara G. Tarn

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      Smashwords Edition

      Barbara G.Tarn copyright © 2011

      electronic edition by Unicorn Productions

      November 2011

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      The Sect

      Manjeet closed his eyes, blinded by the torches that lit the Temple as if it were daylight. The guard behind him pushed him forward and he moved again, trying to adjust the light after days spent in the dark.

      A hostile whisper accompanied his walk, and the stone eyes of the Goddess seemed to pierce him. The ropes tying his wrists behind his back were too tight and his hands were getting numb.

      Sinner! an old woman hissed as he passed. Manjeet wanted to scream. I haven't done anything! I'm innocent!

      Still more insults flew at him. The altar was only a few paces away now, the statue of the Goddess looming over them all. Manjeet stopped and the guard forced him to kneel in front of Puddra, the Supreme Judge and leader of the community. The High Priestess Chandra stood at Puddra's right and stared at Manjeet through half closed eyes. Still, he could feel her lust, and he shivered, his head hung in front of the two most powerful persons of the underground city that had given him birth.

      The trial begins, the herald announced, and the crowd of white clothes fell silent. Puddra stood up like the king he wasn't and stepped towards Manjeet. His black hair was hidden under his white turban, and he caressed his well trimmed black beard, thoughtful, before speaking. Manjeet dared to look at him, silently pleading for mercy.

      Puddra crossed his arms across his chest, staring at the young man kneeling in front of him.

      The accusation is not light, the Judge said. Manjeet has done dirty deeds outside our community. He had already been admonished for trying to corrupt Neha, the Virgin Seeress…

      Manjeet lowered his eyes. Ah, Neha. He saw her again in his mind's eye, beautiful and pure. She was younger than him, but her visions had consecrated her to the Goddess since childhood. For months he had loved her without telling her, realizing she was no longer a child. And one day he had dared to speak, to tell her what he felt, brushing his lips against hers… then the Goddess had punished him: lightning had struck him, leaving him half-dead and scarred for life on his left shoulder. But the Goddess had kept him alive and by simply looking at him, everyone was reminded of his sin.

      Manjeet was called back to reality by the words of the High Priestess who was now chanting a spell. The Goddess hit him again, sneaking inside him and breaking him with pain. He writhed on the floor in front of Chandra, too breathless to scream, but groaning and moaning as the fire of the Goddess burned him.

      Through the flames he saw Ashlee's sweet face. She whispered his name, worried, and vanished. He shook his head, trying to free himself from the powerful spell, but he wasn't strong enough to defeat the Goddess.

      Chandra took his face in her hands and forced him to look at her. The crowd, who had been screaming with joy to punish him harder, fell silent again. They couldn't see the dark eyes of the High Priestess burning with lust like he could, though.

      The silence and Chandra's eyes hurt even more. Manjeet wondered what else awaited him. He was numb

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