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    Under the Lion's Curse
    Under the Lion's Curse
    Under the Lion's Curse
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    Under the Lion's Curse

    By Kim Knox

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    Thia Aspinall is honest. Unfailingly honest. And it's landed her in trouble. Again.

    But...what if her most hated character trait is with her for a reason? Thousands of years before, betrayal, magic and one man's curse set her life onto a path she can't escape.

    And when an ancient stone guardian reaches out from the distant past to claim her--body and soul--escape is the last thing on her mind.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKim Knox
    Release dateJun 25, 2016
    ISBN9781533785015
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      Under the Lion's Curse - Kim Knox

      Under the Lion’s Curse

      Kim Knox

      Under The Lion’s Curse

      by

      Kim Knox

      Copyright © 2016 by Kim Knox

      All rights reserved.

      Was previously published as a part of

      the Passionate Exhibitions anthology

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      About the Author

      Also by Kim Knox

      Emergence

      Skin Magic

      Chapter One

      Thia stared up at the vast, winged lion. The bustle of the museum moved around her, the wet smell of umbrellas and rain-soaked people mixing with the dry warm scent of the stone statue she stood before. The lamassu’s impassive gaze was endless and she let its silent calm sink into her flesh.

      He always drew her.

      Urged by her company to leave the dull conference early and with time to kill, she found herself in the British Museum. It was only one tube stop from King’s Cross and her train home. And she could never resist him.

      The lamassu was carved almost three thousand years before and the detail of the stonework amazed her.

      The itch started in her fingers again to trace the deep grooves of his paws, to skim her fingertips over the curve of his talons. She fought that need. She had to.

      Thia closed her eyes, ignoring the tightness in her chest, the pressure in her belly to follow through and…stroke the statue. It seemed worse today, the burn to touch him so strong. Maybe it was his implacable calm. She wanted that. To draw it into herself as the ancient Assyrians had drawn in the power of animals such as this blend of lion, eagle and man towering over her.

      That power was clear and sure. Honest. A reluctant smile tugged at her mouth. Her own honesty got her an early train home.

      She had no say over the connection between her brain and her tongue. It was a constant failing, seemingly coded into her DNA. Usually she could shrug it off, tell herself it didn’t matter. But today, her unfailing honesty had probably lost her her job.

      Another one.

      Maybe that was what pulled her to him as well. His silence. The knowledge that he wouldn’t say something completely inappropriate about a client’s wandering hands. It was an irony that she could hardly keep her hands to herself when she stood before the statue.

      And there was another reason for her…obsession. All that awaited her at home was her tiny studio flat and nothing else. He promised desert wind, lush gardens, a velvet night filled with stars…

      Thia almost laughed at herself. Her imagination was running away with her. But it was worse than that. He’d started to fill her dreams too. Innocent at first. Touches of her standing before him in

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