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    Of Fire and Brimstone (The Immortal Ones - Elizabeth's Novella)
    Of Fire and Brimstone (The Immortal Ones - Elizabeth's Novella)
    Of Fire and Brimstone (The Immortal Ones - Elizabeth's Novella)
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    Of Fire and Brimstone (The Immortal Ones - Elizabeth's Novella)

    By S.L. Baum

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    When Silas first saw the dirty little street urchin, Elizabeth, he was amazed by her intelligence and knew she would become a powerful Witch (as was he). When he found out that her life would entwine with his own, he welcomed her with open arms, because Silas never questioned his visions of the future.

    As she grew into a young lady, Elizabeth lusted for more powers while Silas struggled to make her understand that a Witch should attempt to live a content and happy life, blending into society. Elizabeth struggled to make him understand the opposite.

    Of Fire and Brimstone (The Immortal Ones - Elizabeth's Novella) tells of Elizabeth's early life... how her first powers emerged... and how she became the Witch that was introduced to readers in My Link in Time. The novella consists of approximately 20K words.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherS.L. Baum
    Release dateAug 23, 2011
    ISBN9781466037618
    Of Fire and Brimstone (The Immortal Ones - Elizabeth's Novella)
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    S.L. Baum

    I have had a love of sci-fi since I was a kid... watching Star Trek with my father. I am such a junky for action packed sci-fi movies to this day... thanks Dad! That love started to include the supernatural/paranormal as I reached my teens. I will always thank Anne Rice and Lestat for introducing me to a whole new genre... and my love vampire fiction was born. When I began writing, I didn't consider the YA paranormal genre. I started two previous projects that I couldn't finish, and I never knew why. But, when I started to write - A Chance for Charity (The Immortal Ones) - the story poured out of me and I loved every minute of the writing process! I still have those other stories, and someday I plan to go back and finish them. I am a crafter by nature! This probably also explains my love of writing - it is in the creative family. I scrapbook, sew, bead, etc... I love to create. I have a room in my home dedicated to crafts. Paper, ribbons, stickers, die-cuts, there is whole mess of supplies! At one time I was in the handcrafted wedding/party invitation business. You should see my kiddos' birthday invitations! My other love is baking, although I don't do a ton of it. Because if I bake it, then I want to eat it! Cookie creation is a fun process. I like to see how many yummy ingredients I can cram into a recipe. So far, my favorite cookie is an oatmeal, coconut, chocolate chip, toffee bit cookie - YUM! I will totally email you that recipe :D On top of writer, part time teacher, crafter, baker... I am wife and mother - the latter being the best job in the world!

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      Of Fire and Brimstone (The Immortal Ones - Elizabeth's Novella) - S.L. Baum

      Of Fire and Brimstone

      The Immortal Ones

      Elizabeth’s Novella

      S.L. Baum

      Published by S.L. Baum - Smashwords Edition

      This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

      Copyright 2011 by S. Baum – All rights reserved.

      Revised – 2017

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      When Silas first saw the dirty little street urchin, Elizabeth, he was amazed by her intelligence and knew she would become a powerful Witch (as was he). When he found out that her life would entwine with his own, he welcomed her with open arms, because Silas never questioned his visions of the future

      As she grew into a young lady, Elizabeth lusted for more powers while Silas struggled to make her understand that a Witch should attempt to live a content and happy life, blending into society. Elizabeth struggled to make him understand the opposite.

      Of Fire and Brimstone (The Immortal Ones - Elizabeth's Novella) tells of Elizabeth's early life... how her first powers emerged... and how she became the Witch that was introduced in My Link in Time.

      This Novella follows the early life of Elizabeth, a character that was introduced during book two of The Immortal Ones series. It should be read after book two (as it contains some minor spoilers). It can also be read as a Stand Alone Novella.

      Suggested reading order for this series:

      A Chance for Charity (book one)

      My Link in Time (book two)

      Of Fire and Brimstone (Elizabeth’s Novella)

      Our Summer of Discontent (book three)

      The Eve of Destruction (book four)

      The Arrival of Dawn (book five) *coming soon

      ****

      chapter one

      AN INTRODUCTION

      England 1823

      They are a curious lot – Witches. Their powers are a mystery. When will they manifest? What will they be? Almost no one knows, except for the few Witches that are granted an affinity toward others’ powers. One thing is for certain; A Witch must be born of a Witch, at least one parent must hold powers. If both the mother and the father are, then the child will surely be. Mixed parentage produces mixed results... no powers, weak powers, or normal powers... it is all up in the air until the child matures and discovers what will develop, or what won’t.

      Silas could tell, the moment he met any child, if the little one would develop powers. He could see into the future of a Witch. Whenever he came into the proximity of one, no matter what the age, he would get a quick flash of their future. No flash... no powers... not a Witch. The more time he spent with the Witch, the more flashes, and therefore the more future he was witness to. His friend Percy, for example, was going to be burned to death, reduced to ash, by a great fire. Silas hadn’t told Percy, and probably never would, even though the fire was mere weeks away. What was the point in knowing the details of one’s own demise?

      When it came to his visions of his own life, or that of any other being’s, Silas would take no actions to alter the outcome. When he was a much younger man, he had come to the conclusion that one should not endeavor to change one’s destiny. It would alter too many other things, and blur his visions of the future. The blur disturbed him, and he didn’t like it. His one and only attempt to interfere, to save a friend’s life, had not been successful. He decided then and there that future attempts would be futile so he would never try again. Silas believed that it was best to accept one’s fate, no matter what the outcome may be.

      His latest vision told him that on the night of the fire, the one which would take Percy’s life, the little girl who played in the street in front of the ale house would somehow be a factor. She would have powers. He knew it the second he had crossed her path. Her father was a drunken sot, spending any coin he earned on drink. That pathetic waste of human flesh was most definitely without powers. The man spent most of his days drinking himself into a stumbling, babbling stupor. It was unknown what had happened to the Witch who had given birth to the child.

      It was because of his vision that Silas had begun to pay careful attention to the scrawny, dirty, wide-eyed urchin, after the first day he’d spied her. The little girl would sit near the open door of the ale house, with her pitiful little doll and a stick she used to draw pictures in the dirt. She seemed quite willing to accept the routine that her life had become. She would be outside, unattended for hours, drawing flowers, the sun and stars, and occasionally some quite accurate geometric shapes. Sometimes she practiced her letters. That is what originally grabbed his attention.

      One day, as he and Percy were exiting the ale house, a drunken patron shouted at them. Be careful. Don’t trod on me girl. She’s a mystery to be sure!

      What girl? Percy shouted back through the open door as he shuffled his way outside.

      Silas watched as Percy dragged his feet through the girl’s careful, precise work. The child gasped in despair. She

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