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    Oblige

    By Viola Grace

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    Lilia has been working for the Zel family for half a year, and she has enjoyed being the administrator of the design clan. When the clan is called upon to participate in an ancient ritual and the only clan member who is eligible is pregnant, Lilia has to step into the breach to run and hide for three days in order to retain the rights over thousands of acres of land.

    The Almoss family has tried everything to get the Zels out of the competition, but finally, it comes down to calling up their eldest son from duty as a forest ranger half a world away and offering him a place with them once again.

    When Lilia and Xeric collide, they are each looking out for their own interests, but when he offers her an option, she might be willing to oblige.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereXtasy Books Inc
    Release dateOct 15, 2015
    ISBN9781487404086
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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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      Oblige - Viola Grace

      Keeping those around her happy leaves her balancing the honour of an adopted family with the duty of paying a debt by whatever means.

      Lilia has been working for the Zel family for half a year, and she has enjoyed being the administrator of the design clan. When the clan is called upon to participate in an ancient ritual and the only clan member who is eligible is pregnant, Lilia has to step into the breach to run and hide for three days in order to retain the rights over thousands of acres of land.

      The Almoss family has tried everything to get the Zels out of the competition, but finally, it comes down to calling up their eldest son from duty as a forest ranger half a world away and offering him a place with them once again.

      When Lilia and Xeric collide, they are each looking out for their own interests, but when he offers her an option, she might be willing to oblige.

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      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.

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      Copyright © 2015 Viola Grace

      ISBN: 978-1-4874-0408-6

      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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      Devine Destinies, an imprint of eXtasy Books Inc

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      Terran Times Second Wave

      By

      Viola Grace

      Chapter One

      So, Miss Fisher, you have an aptitude for service?

      Lilia Fisher sat and smiled politely at the alien in front of her. I have been a personal assistant for one person or another for the last decade.

      Why do you feel you want to leave the Earth for alien worlds?

      My current employer is retiring, and I have no urge to find another situation here on my home world when there is the possibility of so much more out there. Lilia tilted her head.

      Well, your scores are excellent, and your amenability to leaving immediately is a definite bonus. I will be in touch later today.

      Thank you, Recruiter. I look forward to the call. Lilia got to her feet and inclined her head again. With her shoulders back and her hand on her purse strap, she headed out into the afternoon sun, and she nodded to the chauffeur who opened the door to the town car. As perks went, having a driver was convenient, but with her client retiring from public life, she was soon to be out of a job and the perks would dissolve away.

      It was time to start the next part of her life, and hopefully, the Volunteer Project would assist her to find it.

      Six months later, Lilia got up before dawn, rolled out of bed and got into her exercise gear. She had an early-morning workout appointment with one of her employers, and if she were late, she would hear about it for the rest of the day.

      Lilia trotted out to the rear gardens, and Briel came out of the main house a moment later. Are you ready?

      In answer, Lilia bolted down the path that they took every morning, and Briel laughed and chased after her.

      The morning workouts were part endurance performance and part martial arts and survival skills. Between swinging from trees and pummelling each other at the fords in the streams, they were both exhausted, muddy and bruised when they staggered onto the patio where breakfast was being served.

      The matriarch of the Zel clan was sitting with the morning data and working through the appointments.

      Lilia, the moment you finish eating, I want you to go over the schedule and make time on six-day. I need the whole day blocked off, but keep Briel on her schedule.

      Yes, Madame Zel. Lilia finished scrubbing her hands and face on the towels held by the household servants.

      Briel made a face at Lilia across the table, and Lilia responded. They consumed their breakfast, with Lilia eating in record time.

      I will return in a moment and business as usual may begin.

      Lilia left the table and sprinted upstairs. A solar shower and a change of clothing and she was ready for a day of managing the business of the owners of the Zel Design House.

      With her data cuff on her wrist, she returned to the breakfast table for a cup of tea and the morning briefing.

      Madame Zel, you have the late afternoon blocked out with no details. Is there somewhere you need an escort to? Lilia smiled politely at the much older woman.

      Briel spluttered and blotted at her lips with a napkin. Is that today?

      Madame Zel nodded. Today is the selection. The actual hunt is in ten days.

      Lilia cocked her head in surprise. Hunt?

      The Wralik were nature

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