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The Bee-Keeper's Daughter: Uncollected Anthology, #11
The Bee-Keeper's Daughter: Uncollected Anthology, #11
The Bee-Keeper's Daughter: Uncollected Anthology, #11
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The Bee-Keeper's Daughter: Uncollected Anthology, #11

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A ghostly swarm of bees haunt Elizabeth. They coat strangers in pollen while holding her still, making her watch.

Then they come for her. Sting her. Give her magical power, but at such a cost.

Why do they attack her? What do they want? And how can she make them go away?

Set in the same world as "The Midnight Gardener" and "Lost Stars".

Part of the Uncollected Anthology series, written for the theme, "Bewitching Love."

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 20, 2017
ISBN9781386515371
The Bee-Keeper's Daughter: Uncollected Anthology, #11
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Leah Cutter

Leah Cutter--a Crawford Award Finalist--writes page-turning fiction in exotic locations, such as New Orleans, ancient China, the Oregon coast, ancient Japan, rual Kentucky, Seattle, Minneapolis, Budapest, etc.  Find more fiction by Leah Cutter at www.KnottedRoadPress.com. Follow her blog at www.LeahCutter.com.

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    The Bee-Keeper's Daughter - Leah Cutter

    The Bee-Keeper’s Daughter

    The Bee-Keeper’s Daughter

    Uncollected Anthology, Volume 11

    Leah Cutter

    Knotted Road Press

    Contents

    The Bee-Keeper’s Daughter

    About the Author

    Also by Leah Cutter

    About the Uncollected Anthology Series

    Additional Uncollected Anthology Stories

    About Knotted Road Press

    The Bee-Keeper’s Daughter

    THE LIGHTS IN THE hotel lobby started to flicker.

    Elizabeth sat up straighter, instantly on guard. She looked around.

    Damn it! None of the other guests waiting for the shuttle to the Portland airport appeared to notice how the lights flashed off and on. They didn’t hear the loud buzzing noise either, sounding like the approach of an angry swarm of bees.

    The steak salad that Elizabeth had had for lunch with her clients suddenly felt like a leaden weight in her stomach.

    She pushed herself up to standing, intending to leave. Now.

    She could take a taxi to the airport, though she didn’t want to spend the money. She grabbed her purse, her laptop bag, and her matching yellow suitcase, then headed for the revolving door.

    Too late.

    The air grew viscous, as if suddenly filled with honey. Elizabeth fought against it, but it had already caught her.

    Everyone in the hotel lobby slowed down as well: the couple hurrying to the reception desk came to a halt, the concierge pointing out the door now stood motionless, the uncontrolled child who’d tripped had stopped, mid-fall.

    Helpless, Elizabeth stood without moving like everyone else. But she was the only one aware of this break in normal time.

    Out of the corner of her left eye she saw the swarm approaching. She fought

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