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    Lesser
    Lesser
    Lesser
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    Lesser

    By Viola Grace

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    Iridia has grown up invisible. To family, friends, co-workers, she is barely there. They haven’t noticed her in so long that the Volunteer project seems like the best method to deal with her issues. They see the potential in her and welcome her with open arms, basic training in combat and weapons, as well as etiquette for dealing with alien species.

    Chosen to be a Guardian on a newly re-waking world, Iridia finds that she is the second Guardian chosen and the only girl on the team.

    Zanthan has been waiting for her, so has the world beneath him. Tharos Prime swore never to have an Avatar again, but he never said he wouldn’t take two.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereXtasy Books Inc
    Release dateJul 16, 2014
    ISBN9781771119566
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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

      Lesser - Viola Grace

      Invisibility is a state of being, but the winged charmer that flirts his way into her heart makes her want to show him everything.

      Iridia has grown up invisible. To family, friends, co-workers, she is barely there. They haven’t noticed her in so long that the Volunteer project seems like the best method to deal with her issues. They see the potential in her and welcome her with open arms, basic training in combat and weapons, as well as etiquette for dealing with alien species.

      Chosen to be a Guardian on a newly re-waking world, Iridia finds that she is the second Guardian chosen and the only girl on the team.

      Zanthan has been waiting for her, so has the world beneath him. Tharos Prime swore never to have an Avatar again, but he never said he wouldn’t take two.

      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.

      Lesser

      Copyright © 2014 Viola Grace

      ISBN: 978-1-77111-956-6

      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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      Lesser

      Terran Times Second Wave

      By

      Viola Grace

      Chapter One

      Four hours had passed since she had found the seat in the corner. If she got the nerve up, she was going to hand in the application, but for now, the people of the Volunteer Centre were busy with all the traffic coming in and out of the building.

      She kept waiting and kept still in her corner of the waiting room. Shock rippled through her when one of the male receptionists came up to her.

      Miss, would you please come with me?

      She clutched the clipboard. I haven’t handed my application in.

      He smiled. I will take care of it. Please, come with me. The recruiter would like to speak with you.

      Did I do something wrong?

      His expression became gentle. No, miss. You are just what he has been looking for.

      She got to her feet and followed him through the milling crowds and behind the desk.

      He carefully herded her through the back halls until they entered a meeting room with a silver man sitting at the table. He was petite, his head was large and his eyes were solid black.

      The receptionist handed him the clipboard, and the man read it quickly.

      Miss Graves, thank you for coming in. We noticed you on the security cameras, and your ability to blend in is remarkable.

      She cleared her throat. You noticed me?

      The recruiter shook his head. "No, we noticed where no one was for several hours. When that many people are waiting to sit and no one chooses that spot, there is either something on the chair they can see or someone on the chair that they can’t."

      I would be the second kind. No one notices me in an average day; they just pass me by. She shifted in her chair.

      Why didn’t you hand your application in?

      She hunched her shoulders inward, I was still deciding.

      Your name is Iridia?

      She nodded.

      That is an unusual name for your kind.

      My father is a geologist. He named me after a mineral. She sat quietly.

      Why do you want to leave Earth?

      It was the question she had been dreading. She decided to be honest. No one sees me; no one notices me here. If I could bring that out into space, I might see things that I could never see here and no one would be the wiser.

      He nodded. Could you wait here a moment? I will be right back.

      She inclined her head, and he got to his feet, showing his diminutive height at just over four feet. Alone in the room, she sat still and looked around her, watching the applicants being ferried past the open door.

      Some were women, some were men, several flirted with their escorts and others were jumping with nervousness. She counted them in her mind and observed their behaviour. It was an hour later when Recruiter Norz reappeared with a smile.

      What did you learn, Iridia Graves?

      I learned that many people want to come home without serving their time, the women in this area just want to see an alien up close and the men were looking for alien woman with multiple breasts.

      Norz snorted. There are quite a few of those, but the faces are not in keeping with the Terran preferences. Too many eyes and large teeth.

      Iridia grinned. "Ah,

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