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    Soul Keeper
    Soul Keeper
    Soul Keeper
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    Soul Keeper

    By Viola Grace

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    Zeyan has been banished by her own race and her talents have developed under the careful eye of the instructors at the Citadel. When a psychic plague breaks out that shatters the mind body connection, the locals call the Sector Guard and they, in turn, call the Soul Keeper. It is time for her to return home.

    Orenn has envied his cousin Fenn’s life and love in the Sector Guard. As a telepath at the Citadel he recognizes a powerful will when he sees it and when Zeyan looks into his eyes, he also sees his future stretching before him, with her at his side.

    He had no idea it was going to be the other way around.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereXtasy Books Inc
    Release dateFeb 15, 2012
    ISBN9781771110754
    Soul Keeper
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    Viola Grace

    Viola Grace (aka Zenina Masters) is a Canadian sci-fi/paranormal romance writer with ambitions to keep writing for the rest of her life. She specializes in short stories because the thrill of discovery, of all those firsts, is what keeps her writing.An artist who enjoys a story that catches you up, whirls you around and sets you down with a smile on your face is all she endeavours to be. She prefers to leave the drama to those who are better suited to it, she always goes for the cheap laugh.

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      Soul Keeper - Viola Grace

      Zeyan has lived in the shadows, keeping her talent to herself. When she tries to reach out to console a grieving loved one and is summarily arrested by her people she finds life and a new start in the Citadel, as the Soul Keeper.

      Zeyan has been banished by her own race and her talents have developed under the careful eye of the instructors at the Citadel. When a psychic plague breaks out that shatters the mind body connection, the locals call the Sector Guard and they, in turn, call the Soul Keeper. It is time for her to return home.

      Orenn has envied his cousin Fenn's life and love in the Sector Guard. As a telepath at the Citadel he recognizes a powerful will when he sees it and when Zeyan looks into his eyes, he also sees his future stretching before him, with her at his side.

      He had no idea it was going to be the other way around.

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      Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage the electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Soul Keeper

      Copyright © 2012 Viola Grace

      ISBN: 978-1-77111-075-4

      Cover art by Martine Jardin

      All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher.

      Published by Devine Destinies

      An imprint of eXtasy Books

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      Soul Keeper

      Tales of the Citadel Book 1

      By

      Viola Grace

      Chapter One

      Zeyan bit her nail as her transport made its way to the small spaceport. The guards surrounding her kept looking at her like she would burst into flames without provocation. Her family had declined to accompany her as she was banished from their world. She would bear her shame alone.

      A crowd lined the street and several were looking intently into the vehicle she was riding in. She wasn’t sure of their intent until a rock struck the rear window.

      The driver of the vehicle accelerated and they travelled through a hail of rocks and produce.

      Zeyan wrapped her arms around her torso and tried to remain calm as the armoured vehicle was pounded by debris. The moment they entered the spaceport, the hail stopped.

      The gates closed behind them and with the exception of the heavy breathing of her guards there was no noise in the transport.

      They glided up to the Sector Guard shuttle and she was removed from the vehicle and escorted into the custody of the Guardsmen standing on their shuttle ramp.

      Her escort shoved a data pad at the Guards and when she had been signed for, Beast and Fury brought her inside their ship. The moment that the door was shut and sealed, they removed the chains that bound her.

      I can’t believe that they would do something like this to their own. Fury muttered as she worked at the locks that bound Zeyan’s ankles.

      Zeyan tried to smile. They don’t consider me one of their own anymore. I am a freak that is either to be banished or exterminated. Pardon me for being pleased that you offered them the means to execute the first option.

      Fury grinned and patted her cheek as she tossed the chain into a storage bin. I am pleased that you are amenable to Citadel training.

      Beast took the pilot’s chair, his wings settling to either side with grace. He turned. Take a seat and strap in, you want to be safe for this.

      Fury led her to a seat and helped her to fasten the latches. The Guardsman took her seat next to her partner and they lifted off.

      Zeyan took one last look at the grasses and plains of Heschell before turning her gaze to the stars. Whatever happened next, her destiny was not on the world of her birth but in a Citadel outpost far, far away.

      Zeyan was pale grey with nausea by the time they landed. Space flight was not kind to her. Beast had tried to attend to her with water and cold compresses, but nothing worked. Being separated from her world was quite traumatic for her.

      She heard Fury speaking rapidly into the com but couldn’t make out the words. The sense of urgency was unmistakable. When a rapid knocking occurred on the hull of the ship, Beast left her and opened the hatch.

      A woman came in and smiled at Zeyan. I hear you are having a rough time of it. May I touch you?

      Surprised, Zeyan looked up into eyes that were unrelieved black. The woman’s smile showed sharp teeth in lips a slightly darker blue than the rest of her face. The smooth contour of her

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