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    Walking Haunt
    Walking Haunt
    Walking Haunt
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    Walking Haunt

    By Viola Grace

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    Yohwen has finally reached the pinnacle of her art. She is the Master Haunt and during the festival week, she wakes the dead for their friends and families for one night only.

    The next day she is invited to help the Citadel on a world where the entire population died without a whimper. They were Ysheer, the same species as Yohwen. She can talk to them and let them talk to others in a way that no other being can manage. When her assistant asks to go, there is no choice. She has to go.

    Scorcher Orkill was not expecting the lovely creature to agree, but when she did, his heart raced and his body heated in a way he was only used to when his talent was in overdrive.

    She is here to do a job, and he is here to help, but once the work is over he has every intention of pursuing her. Unfortunately, something goes horribly wrong.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereXtasy Books Inc
    Release dateJul 12, 2013
    ISBN9781771115841
    Walking Haunt
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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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      Book preview

      Walking Haunt - Viola Grace

      Yohwen enjoys her life, but when the Citadel comes knocking she has to face change, danger and a man whose touch can set her on fire.

      Yohwen has finally reached the pinnacle of her art. She is the Master Haunt and during the festival week, she wakes the dead for their friends and families for one night only.

      The next day she is invited to help the Citadel on a world where the entire population died without a whimper. They were Ysheer, the same species as Yohwen. She can talk to them and let them talk to others in a way that no other being can manage. When her assistant asks to go, there is no choice. She has to go.

      Scorcher Orkill was not expecting the lovely creature to agree, but when she did, his heart raced and his body heated in a way he was only used to when his talent was in overdrive.

      She is here to do a job, and he is here to help, but once the work is over he has every intention of pursuing her. Unfortunately, something goes horribly wrong.

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      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.

      Walking Haunt

      Copyright © 2013 Viola Grace

      ISBN: 978-1-77111-584-1

      Cover art by Martine Jardin

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      Walking Haunt

      Tales of the Citadel Book Twenty-Four

      By

      Viola Grace

      Chapter One

      Yohwen sat in her quarters and stared into the mirror as her assistant and best friend prepared her hair for the first day of the celebrations. Uh, are you getting a little too much height there? I don’t want them to see me from space.

      This is the current fashion, and you are walking the most prestigious path on Wedderal. Nothing but the best for you today, Yoh. Niisa chuckled and teased her hair even more.

      How many Haunts were beaten out for this position? She bit her lip and stared into her own amber eyes.

      Thirty-two applied for this spot, but you were the one who was chosen. You are the Master Haunt this year and that is something to be proud of. I never would have dreamed that you would have come this far.

      Yohwen smiled. Me neither. Having this gift or curse is hard enough, but going through life without you would have been the truly difficult part.

      Then, shut up and let me finish your makeup. It’s almost nightfall, and you need to get into position. Niisa completed her hair and touched up her makeup with deft moves.

      Every Haunt had an assistant to lead them to their path and to help them get home again. Niisa changed things up by being Yohwen’s agent and her hair and makeup artist.

      Yoh was pretty sure that her pristine and stylish appearance was what had landed her this year’s designation as Master Haunt.

      Okay, you are as pretty as I can make you. Get up, and let’s have a look at you. Niisa removed the white sheet that she had been using to protect Yoh’s clothing, and she flapped her hands for a good look.

      Yohwen got to her feet, and the corseted jacket kept her back straight while the long, lacy skirt gave her a minimal silhouette. Well?

      You look good, Yoh. I would be proud to call you my sister if I liked my sister. Niisa winked. She gestured for her to turn.

      Yohwen pivoted on her toes and then settled back on her heels.

      Niisa tugged on the back of the jacket to smooth the line. There. Perfect. Now, let’s go before they come to get you. It would lack dignity.

      Yohwen wrinkled her nose, and they started on their way. I have never been much for dignity.

      I know. That is why I offered to be your assistant. Niisa took up a low murmur as they passed other visitors to the first party of the holiday.

      Two guards allowed her to enter the staging area, and Niisa followed, whispering, There is the crowd. There are the dignitaries. Looks like a good gathering.

      Yohwen heard her dimly, her senses were tuning to the graves surrounding her and the minds that were coming from the stars to visit their resting places.

      The gong shimmered in the silence, and the viewers on the podium three hundred yards to her left tensed in anticipation. They were aliens here for the holiday, and they were expecting a show. It was Yohwen’s job to bring the dead to life to celebrate the beginning of the festival, and after today, the other Haunts would be doing the same thing around the globe.

      She stood on the first stone, and Niisa quickly removed Yohwen’s shoes before stepping aside. The path was laid out ahead of her, and it

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