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    At the Sorcerer's Command
    At the Sorcerer's Command
    At the Sorcerer's Command
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    At the Sorcerer's Command

    By Kim Knox

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    Miar is her people's only hope to defeat the sorcerer who has besieged her home.

    She has an unusual--and unwanted--talent. She's a soul-catcher, able to twist any soul to her will.

    And Varun, the man who must guard her, is willing to use her and her hated gift anyway he can.

     

    If you like innocent heroines, grumpy best heroes and spicy magic you'll love AT THE SORCERER'S COMMAND!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKim Knox
    Release dateJun 29, 2016
    ISBN9781533746177
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      At the Sorcerer's Command - Kim Knox

      At the Sorcerer’s Command

      Kim Knox

      At the Sorcerer’s Command

      by

      Kim Knox

      Copyright © 2016 by Kim Knox

      All rights reserved.

      This story has been re-edited.

      It is also published in its original form in the anthology

      Thrones of Desire, from Cleis Press. Edited by Mitzi Szereto

      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

      At the Sorcerer’s Command

      1. The Rahimani Siege

      About the Author

      Also by Kim Knox

      Skin Magic

      Emergence

      At the Sorcerer’s Command

      Miar is her people's only hope to defeat the sorcerer who has besieged her home.  She has an unusual talent. She’s a soul-catcher, able to twist any soul to her will. And Varun, the man who must guard her, is willing to use her and her gift anyway he can.

      1

      The Rahimani Siege

      The air reeked of blood and tar, wrapping around me, mixing with the distant flared hiss of fire. I shivered. I should’ve been in my master’s rooms, hunting through ancient scrolls for a defence against the sorcerer, Kiritan. Not here, lost in a sea of tents flapping in cold, night winds. The creak and thwack of the timber-framed mangonels ran ice through my blood. I wasn’t a soldier. Far from it.

      Panic whipped my nerves, my heart beating hard. I hadn’t volunteered for this sortie. I was an apprentice, barely that, with the first swell of magic in my blood. But I’d also shown another skill. A skill the Duke’s new paladin, Varun, commandeered as he fought back against the besieging army.

      Keep up, Miar.

      Varun’s low voice cut into my thoughts and he grabbed my arm. His strong fingers bit into muscle,

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