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    Native Vengeance
    Native Vengeance
    Native Vengeance
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    Native Vengeance

    By Julie Achterhoff

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    Meg is a lonely woman who makes a new friend on the internet named Claire. Claire invites her to come for a weekend visit to her small town. But when she goes to see Claire things begin to get stranger and stranger. She realizes that there is something very wrong going on there.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJulie Achterhoff
    Release dateNov 4, 2010
    ISBN9781452382814
    Native Vengeance
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    Julie Achterhoff

    Julie Achterhoff has lived all over the United States. She is the mother of five wonderful children. Julie started writing when she was very young, and kept a few teachers up at night with her stories. A play called "Angel in the House" was her first major effort. Then she wrote this novella titled "Native Vengeance," which was first published by Demon Mind's website for the 2008 Halloween Edition. Her novel, "Quantum Earth," was published by All Things That Matter Press in 2009. “Deadly Lucidity” was published in February, 2010. “Earthwalker—Earth can be Hell for a VAMPIRE” has just come out in October, 2010. Julie lives in California with her son, Sage.

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      Native Vengeance - Julie Achterhoff

      Native Vengeance

      by

      Julie Achterhoff

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      This novel is fiction. All characters are the product of the author’s imagination and are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental. Places or events are either fictitious or are cited in a fictitious context. Any resemblance to actual events is coincidental.

      Dedication

      I would like to dedicate this to my Native sisters and brothers. May you thrive and prosper and listen to the voice of the Great Spirit.

      Acknowledgement

      I would also like to thank Gena Trimarco, Melanie Padilla, Chenoa Trimarco, and Sage Trimarco, without whose support I wouldn’t have even started writing books. Ron Konicke continues to be my love and light through the darkness. My heart goes out to the indigenous peoples of this land we call America who have suffered at the hands of those who didn’t know any better. May peace be upon their souls.

      Chapter One

      Meg struggled with the map as she drove down the highway that would take her to a place she’d never been before. Her new friend, Claire, had told her it was beautiful, and as the car curved through the thickening trees she could see Claire’s description had been correct. She was almost there after three long hours of the sun burning down on her left arm. Now the trees’ shadows were giving her some relief, but the shady parts of the road now looked almost invisible with her sunglasses on. However, with them off she’d turn out of a curve and be blinded. Which would it be? Sunglasses on or sunglasses off? It was impossible flicking them up and down with the light. Meg sighed and threw them on the seat next to her purse. She’d just have to use her hand to shade her eyes when the sun broke through the trees.

      Thoughts of her new friend’s e-mails floated through her mind. They’d been writing back and forth for only a few weeks, but Meg felt a kinship there that she hadn’t found in the city. Claire was funny, didn’t care for gossip, and had similar likes and dislikes to Meg. She’d become as close as a sister in this short amount of time, and the thought of visiting for a few days felt almost like a relief, especially after the hectic week she had just put in at work. It wasn’t easy putting the many voices out of her head of the people who came to see her for counseling. Some had minor problems that would probably clear themselves up in six weeks or so, while others had more long-term psychiatric disorders that they would probably suffer from the rest of their lives. Then there were the in-between ones that she couldn’t always put in a box. These people may or may not benefit from therapy at all. They were the ones she sometimes worried the most of all for; the ones that kept her awake at night.

      But she didn’t want to think about work-related matters right now. She was off on a road trip to see if Claire was as great in person as she was in her e-mails. There would be a small country town with quaint little shops to browse through, and horses to ride, and some well-earned rest and relaxation. God knew she needed it. How long had it been since she’d even been out of Albuquerque? Too long, that’s for sure.

      Meg pulled her dark blonde hair off the back of her neck where sweat trickled down. Time for the A/C. She looked down and flipped the switch on high and closed up the window. Ahhh. Nice. Even though it was still early spring it was starting to pick up some heat. Meg crooked her head trying to keep an eye on the road and take a quick glance at the map. Looked like she was almost there.

      A creeping sense of nervousness filled her veins. She’d hoped she’d beaten her own demons

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