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  Myths and Magic

  An Epic Fantasy and Speculative Fiction Collection

  L.C. Ireland

  K.N. Lee

  Calinda B

  Jayne Fury

  Jeffrey Bardwell

  C.I. Black

  Bec McMaster

  Jessica Cage

  Caroline A. Gill

  Alledria Hurt

  Lori Titus

  Jessica West

  Alex H. Singh

  Terri Bruce

  Kara Jaynes

  Mary Bernsen

  This collection is spearheaded by Captive Quill Press. However, all copyrights remain in control of the individual authors over their own works.

  Copyright © 2017 by K.N. Lee, Calinda B, Jayne Fury, Jeffrey Bardwell, C.I. Black, Bec McMaster, Jessica Cage, Caroline A. Gill, Alledria Hart, Lori Titus, L.C. Ireland, Jessica West, Alex H. Singh, Terri Bruce, Kara Jaynes, and Mary Bernsen.

  All rights reserved.

  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

  K.N. Lee

  Silenced

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Epilogue

  About the Author

  Also by K.N. Lee

  Calinda B

  Full Moon Falling

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  About the Author

  Also by Calinda B

  Jayne Fury

  Fox Trap

  1. The Patriarchs

  2. Naked in an Alley, Again

  3. Tea & Biccies

  4. Blood in the Alley

  5. Teffia

  6. Amery

  7. Blood on the Pitch

  8. The Shield of the Patriarchs

  9. Am I Dinner?

  10. Mappwood

  11. Liar, Liar

  About the Author

  Also By Jayne Fury

  Jeffrey Bardwell

  The Knight’s Secret

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  About the Author

  Also By Jeffrey Bardwell

  C.I. Black

  Soul Trade

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39

  Chapter 40

  Chapter 41

  Chapter 42

  Chapter 43

  Chapter 44

  Chapter 45

  Chapter 46

  Chapter 47

  Chapter 48

  Chapter 49

  Chapter 50

  Chapter 51

  About the Author

  Also By C.I. Black

  Bec McMaster

  Burn Bright

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Epilogue

  About the Author

  Also By Bec Mcmaster

  Jessica Cage

  Revitalized

  Preface

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  About the Author

  Caroline A. Gill

  Never Magic

  Prologue

  1. A Dream of Freedom

  2. Torn Edges

  3. On the House

  4. Regrets

  5. Breaking the Mold

  6. Heated Exchanges

  7. Unreadable Signs

  8. Revelation

  9. Rescued

  10. Vault of Stars

  11. Upside Down Trees

  12. Homecoming Blues

  13. Detecting The Shadow of Things

  14. Blood Trace

  15. Battered To The Ground

  16. Drops of Faith

  17. Discernment

  18. Purify

  19. Running the Gauntlet

  20. The Cost of Freedom

  Epilogue

  About the Author

  Also By Caroline A. Gill

  Alledria Hurt

  Wielding His Scythe

  1. The Man Called Grimm Disappears

  2. Bearer of the Ring of Love

  3. Back to School

  4. The Sisters and Cassandra

  5. Lester’s New Life

  6. Where There is Smoke and Fire

  7. The Man Called Grimm is Lost

  8. The Sisters Evil

  9. Christina tries to steal the ring
r />   10. Brewing Trouble

  11. Sleepover

  12. Crossing the Sea

  13. Phoebe’s Lament

  14. The Storm at Sea and the Leviathan

  15. Ring of Life

  16. The Belly of the Beast

  17. On the Island

  18. Returning Home

  About the Author

  Also By Alledria Hurt

  Lori Titus

  Marradith, Darkly

  Prologue

  Part I

  Part II

  Part III

  About the Author

  Also By Lori Titus

  L.C. Ireland

  Bravery

  The Forsaken Woods

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  About the Author

  Also By L.C. Ireland

  Jessica West

  Questmaster

  Questmaster

  About the Author

  Also by Jessica West

  Alex H. Singh

  Fayeted

  Prologue

  Chapter 1

  11 Years Ago

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Epilogue

  About the Author

  Also By Alex H. Singh

  Terri Bruce

  Irene and the Witch

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  About the Author

  Also by Terri Bruce

  Kara Jaynes

  Fabled

  Silvan

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Jack

  About the Author

  Also By Kara Jaynes

  Mary Bernsen

  Healing the Bayou

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  About the Author

  Also By Mary Bernsen

  Silenced

  Grand Elite Casters Book One

  K.N. Lee

  Stolen from her fiancé, and forced to commit unspeakable evil, Willa vows to destroy the king that ruined her life.

  Silence kept her alive.

  Magic will set her free.

  Willa Avery created the serum that changed the world as humans, witches, and vampires knew it. Sun Serum 99, the cure for a vampire’s death by sunlight. Many tried to create it, but it took the magic and science of a Grand Elite Caster to perfect it. Despite the fame and recognition that came with this new discovery, the fact remains: Willa was forced by the vampire king of the West to create the one thing she could have used to kill him.

  After hiding from the king and his spies for years, she's tired of living in the shadows. She vows to end his reign of terror and return to the man she was stolen from a century ago.

  With her two best friends—witches of high rank by her side, and the love of a vampire seeking his own freedom, can Willa destroy the king that ruined her life?

  1

  EVERY FIBER IN Willa’s body ignited as she stood in the center of the spirit room. Lights danced along the concrete floor, illuminating her shadow as she set a flame above her open palms. What was once blue was now white as her irises transformed with the surge of power that emitted from her small body.

  “What brings you back, Willa Avery, Grand Elite Caster?”

  The voice seemed to come from the dark crevices of her mind, the ones that she feared above all. But this was important. She had no choice.

  “Grant me the permission to make a kill,” she said, her heart pounding in her chest. She put on a brave face, but terror gripped her. It had taken her years to come to this point. She refused to let fear rule her for all eternity.