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She
wondered if a pair of ancient tin soldiers would go well on her next piece, she
petted an enormous friendly dog that was about the size of a pony, and on a
whim, she bought herself a bag of roasted almonds to eat as she walked.
    Apple found herself looking over a blanket that was
scattered with all sorts of odds and ends, and for some reason, she found
herself drawn to a leather book. It was small, barely
the size of a normal paperback, but the leather was a deep rich brown, worn
down by years of handling. She would have passed it by, but when she opened it,
her eyes fell on a strange animal that she had never seen before. It had the
body of what she thought was a lizard, but it had two cat heads on its
shoulder. They both stared intently at each other, baring sharp fangs.
    “ How much?” she asked, and the man held up two
fingers.
    She passed him two dollars, and she ran home to
devour the book. It was full of monsters, ones that
sparked her mind and made her long for clay, for metal, for anything that would
let her capture their sinuous curves.
    Apple spent the day making sketches, trying to
figure out how she could give life to the illustrations. The book was strange,
with no publisher, and she could not understand what it was for. There were no
words, only picture after picture of glorious monsters. Some of them swam, some
of them flew, some of them were tiny and some huge, but they were all unique in
their own way, with expressions on their faces that made her smile and shiver
by turns.
    She fell into bed fully clothed again, holding the book in her hand, and this time, her dreams took her straight to Bellaron's arms.
    This time, they weren't interrupted, and he spread
her out on that table so that he could see her, touch her, taste her all they wished. She could feel her hands curl around his
shoulders as she drew him on top of her, and she could feel his hot lips on her
mouth, her neck, her breasts.
    “ Come on, finish what you started, big man,” she
said in her dream, and he grinned, doing exactly that.
    Across the city, Bellaron awoke in his enormous bed in the apartment above the restaurant. Shards of his
dreams came back to him, and panting, he fell back against the pillows. It had
seemed so very real, her long brown hair, her laughing dark eyes, the feel of her skin under his hands. She was smiling at
him, running her hands down his body.
    Come on, finish what you started, big man, she had whispered, and oh, how he
longed to do so.
    Among his people there were false dreams and true
dreams, and as he lay alone his bed, certain that he
could still feel her breath on his cheek, he knew that the dream he had just
had was true.
    He had to find her.
    He couldn't let anything stop him.
    Far away, a crystal that hung suspended in the
center of a dark chamber trembled and fell to the ground. Its ringing chime
echoed throughout the stone room, and slowly, the figures that curled up on the
floor around it started to stir. They shook off dust and rags, and for a
moment, they were confused, snarling at each other and calling out.
    The tallest and oldest among them strode to the
center of the chamber, where he knelt and inspected the shards of the crystal.
They were sharp enough to rip his fingers to ribbons, but though his skin was
cut, there was no blood.
    “ It's awakened,” he whispered. “It is time.”
    He was momentarily still, and then he began to
laugh.
     
    Do you like this book? Be sure to check other books in
this series
    Eye of the Beholder - Volume 14
    Scars of my Past - Volume 15
    Glory in Victory - Volume 16
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Away: Books 14-16 (3-Book Bundle)
     
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sure to check the other books of this series
    Lynxar - Volume 1
    Lynxar's Choices - Volume 2
    Lynxar's Legacy - Volume 3
    Lynxar's Ghost - Volume 4
    The Ghost Rises - Volume 5
    Triumph of the Ghost - Volume
6
    Lynxar Series: Books 1-6 (6-Book
Bundle)
    Lynxar's searching Heart - Volume 7
    Dreams of the Heart - Volume