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    Called to Power
    Called to Power
    Called to Power
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    Called to Power

    By Viola Grace

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    Syrella was a talent in a noble family where talents were not normally accepted. Her parents decided that learning how to control her skills would be better for her than being shunned at home, so they sent her to the Citadel school at Thoola. Sy learned everything she could, including the surprising side benefit to her talent and shifted from student to instructor as the years passed.

    Sy receives a call that changes her life. She is the last inheritor of an ancient throne, and she must leave the Citadel immediately.

    Dorium is the bodyguard that the Citadel assigns to her and he just happens to be the man that Sy has had a crush on all her life.

    Death threats, greedy nobility and facing a deadly grandmother are all precursors to the one thing she is looking forward to, the Vexar Day of the Dead.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereXtasy Books Inc
    Release dateDec 12, 2012
    ISBN9781771113632
    Called to Power
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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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      Called to Power - Viola Grace

      Syrella was born to nobility and cursed by her talent. The last thing she expected was to be called to power.

      Syrella was a talent in a noble family where talents were not normally accepted. Her parents decided that learning how to control her skills would be better for her than being shunned at home, so they sent her to the Citadel school at Thoola. Sy learned everything she could, including the surprising side benefit to her talent and shifted from student to instructor as the years passed.

      Sy receives a call that changes her life. She is the last inheritor of an ancient throne, and she must leave the Citadel immediately.

      Dorium is the bodyguard that the Citadel assigns to her and he just happens to be the man that Sy has had a crush on all her life.

      Death threats, greedy nobility and facing a deadly grandmother are all precursors to the one thing she is looking forward to, the Vexar Day of the Dead.

      The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000.

      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.

      Called to Power

      Copyright © 2012 Viola Grace

      ISBN: 978-1-77111-363-2

      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.

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      Am imprint of eXtasy Books

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      Called to Power

      Tales of the Citadel 11

      By

      Viola Grace

      Chapter One

      Syrella faced her most arduous task of the morning. She reached out, pinched off, grabbed and squeezed. She stifled the jump that she always made when the milk sang its way into the bucket.

      Keep your forehead pressed to her side so that she knows you are there. Sy kept her tone low as she instructed her students on how to milk a sleppnir goat. The eight-legged animal shifted restlessly but kept eating while she was milked with a gradually smoother rhythm.

      Tavya, please come up and take over.

      The young woman with the powder blue skin came up and began to milk with a steady and careful grip.

      The strident tone of the newest student caused the animals to shift.

      Lady Yemore Alwinia sneered, Why do we have to do stable work? I have never touched anything so filthy in my life.

      The other six students standing around froze, but Tavya turned slightly to watch.

      Sy smiled, You are correct, you have not touched anything so filthy. As such, you are now responsible for mucking out the stables and feeding the animals twice daily.

      The lady gasped, You cannot do such a thing to me. I am a Wyoran lady.

      Sy rounded on her. You are a jumped up little twit who can’t be trusted with a link. That means you are going to have to get your mental stabilization from within, and for that, you need to be set tasks that will allow you to concentrate your telepathy until you stop seeking out weaker minds to subdue.

      In response, Alwinia scowled and Syrella felt a pressure on her mind. I am immune to your touch, as are the rest of your instructors. This is the Citadel training facility for ladies of good family. You will earn your place here, or you will be shipped home.

      Tavya took the half-full bucket of milk and poured it into the safe bucket away from the animals.

      Alwinia was still trying to crack into Syrella’s mind.

      Sy smiled and gestured for the next student to lead up the next goat.

      Benhella carefully washed the teats and udders, drying them thoroughly before she worked to free the first milk into the discard bucket.

      Syrella watched Alwinia as she dropped her gaze and moved away. When the girl wound up to kick the milk bucket, Sy grabbed her by the back of the neck and dropped her to the floor of the milking barn.

      The other girls stood back, and one of the goats came in to nibble at her hair.

      Now that you are seated in dust and hay, I would like to tell you why we do this. Sy drew glyphs in the air. "You are born to family and privilege. That carries responsibility to know what the folk do to keep you in luxury. Some of these tasks are unpleasant and some are downright horrifying, but you will learn to do them all in an effort to help your mind settle and your body calm. When you know where everything you consume and wear comes from, you have a far better idea how hard folk work to provide it for you. You are going to learn animal husbandry, milking, shearing, carding, dying, spinning and weaving as well as cheese making and butter churning. These are all tasks that revolve around our fluffy friend there with the

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