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    Burn Like Ice
    Burn Like Ice
    Burn Like Ice
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    Burn Like Ice

    By Adonis Devereux

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    How can you love the mountain and the river, the very air and the deep fires that move through the secret places of the world? That's Kassius's problem, for he is in a love affair with a mighty elemental being who also happens to be his Emperor and best friend. But when his lover must take Rakel as his bride for political purposes, will Kassius be left out? Will he no longer feel the kiss that burns like ice?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEvernight Publishing
    Release dateJul 6, 2012
    ISBN9781771300551
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      Burn Like Ice - Adonis Devereux

      Published by Evernight Publishing at Smashwords

      www.evernightpublishing.com

      Copyright© 2012 Adonis Devereux

      ISBN: 978-1-77130-055-1

      Cover Artist: Sour Cherry Designs

      Editor: Marie Medina

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

      WARNING: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. No part of this book may be used or reproduced electronically or in print without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews.

      This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, and places are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      DEDICATION

      JMJ

      BURN LIKE ICE

      Adonis Devereux

      Copyright © 2012

      Chapter One

      Kassius had not expected this. Men dressed in outlandish outfits of burgundy and white ran down the road toward his entourage. Their baked-brown skin stood out against their white shirts, making their clothes seem even more brilliant in the late afternoon sun. Their olive hues and their dark beards reminded Kassius of Arixus, but only slightly, for Arixus was half Faror blood, and much of his mother was in him. These men of Faror stopped just before Kassius’s caravan and wordlessly formed two single-file lines on either side of him, linking their arms together. And then they began to hum – a low hum that Kassius at first thought came from the very ground, so subtle was its rising. A bead of sweat ran down Kassius’s forehead and dripped past his eyebrow onto his cheek. He snapped his fingers at the negligent slave behind him, and the slave rushed around to hold the gaudy parasol of red velvet and gold tassels in front of his master. The sun burned hotter in Faror than it ever did in Nirrion, his homeland so far to the north. How long had he traveled? Weeks?

      What’s this? Kassius asked his body servant.

      A Faror welcome, the slave said. You come in the Emperor’s name, and they honor you.

      Kassius directed his horse forward, but he did not hurry. Within sight stood a mighty house, almost like a castle, though it lacked fortifications to be properly called so. Kassius examined the scene with a soldier’s eye, for that was all he knew. As General, he relied solely on his ability to size up any situation instantly and devise tactics to fit all reasonable circumstances.

      Eriston, then? Kassius nodded toward the massive, multi-storied, wide-faced house.

      The body servant nodded. Yes, Dominus. They have been expecting you for some days now.

      Kassius did not want to dwell on the delays along the way. He just wanted a nice, soft bed to sleep in for the night. And he wanted to get back to Nirrion as soon as possible. He wanted to get back to Arixus. He rode between the human chain until he turned off

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