Ember (64 page)

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Authors: Kristen Callihan

Tags: #Fiction, #Historical, #Romance, #Paranormal, #Fantasy

Look
hi
m
in
th
e
e
y
e
s
,
th
a
t
wa
s
th
e
trick
.
A
void
th
e
r
e
st
.
O
n
l
y
th
e
e
y
e
s
.
T
hos
e
e
y
e
s
w
e
r
e
shr
e
wd
,
tru
e,
but
n
e
v
e
r
cru
e
l
,
at
l
ea
st
not
tow
a
rd
hi
m.
M
r
.
Wa
ll
a
c
e
’s
co
m
p
e
titors
w
e
r
e
a
noth
e
r
ma
tt
e
r
.

And
wha
t
d
i
d
Maye
r
ca
r
e
f
o
r
l
ooks
or
oddities
such
as
M
r
.
Wa
ll
ace
and
h
i
s
i
n
f
amous
cos
t
ume?
No
t
many
men
w
e
r
e
w
i
ll
i
n
g
t
o
h
i
r
e
a
J
e
w
.
N
ot
i
n
N
ew
Y
o
r
k
.
N
ot
w
h
e
r
e
t
h
e
s
e
men
of
i
ndus
tr
y
p
r
e
t
ended
t
hey
we
r
e
l
ongl
os
t
Eng
li
sh
a
ri
s
t
oc
r
acy
wh
il
e
h
i
d
i
ng
t
he
f
ac
t
t
ha
t
mos
t
of
t
hem
had
ri
sen
fr
om
t
he
gu
tt
e
r
.
I
t
d
i
d
no
t
ma
tt
e
r
t
o
t
hem
t
ha
t
Maye
r
unde
r
s
t
ood
numbe
r
s
and
bank
i
ng
as
eas
il
y
as
h
i
s
body
unde
r
s
t
ood
t
he
need
f
o
r
a
ir
.
I
t
d
i
d
no
t
ma
tt
e
r
t
ha
t
he
cou
l
d
l
ook
at
a
company

s
fi
nanc
i
a
l
s
t
a
t
emen
t
s
and
know
p
r
ec
i
se
l
y
whe
r
e
t
he
weak
po
i
n
t
s
we
r
e
and
p
r
ec
i
se
l
y
how
t
o
fi
x
t
hem.
They
on
l
y
saw
an
un
tr
us
t
wo
rt
hy,
g
r
eedy
Jew.

 

E
v
e
r
y
door
i
n
N
ew
Y
o
r
k
h
ad
been
s
hu
t
i
n
h
i
s
f
a
c
e.
U
n
t
i
l
M
r
.
Wa
ll
a
c
e
h
a
d
found
hi
m
a
nd
ma
d
e
Ma
y
e
r
his
p
e
rson
a
l
s
e
cr
e
t
a
ry
a
nd
j
a
ck
-
of
-a
ll
-
tr
a
d
e
s
.
B
e
c
a
us
e
his
t
a
l
e
nts
ma
tt
e
r
e
d
v
e
ry
m
uch
to
M
r
.
Wa
ll
a
c
e.
T
h
e
r
e
st
,
as
Wa
ll
a
c
e
wou
l
d
s
a
y
,
could
go
h
a
ng
.

Ma
y
e
r
h
a
d
e
v
e
ntu
a
ll
y
been
forc
e
d
to
a
d
m
it
to
hi
m
s
e
lf
th
a
t
M
r
.
Wa
ll
a
c
e
wa
s
e
ntir
e
ly
singul
a
r
wh
e
n
it
c
ame
to
busin
e
ss
a
nd
fin
a
nc
e.
S
o
Ma
y
e
r l
ea
rn
e
d
wh
a
t
h
e
could
.
And
t
oge
t
h
er
t
h
ey
a
l
l
b
u
t
c
o
n
q
u
e
r
ed
N
ew
Y
o
r
k
.
W
h
i
c
h
w
as
r
ea
ll
y
quit
e
am
using
to
Ma
y
e
r
,
for
th
e
y
h
a
d
don
e
it
a
ll
b
e
hind
clos
e
d
doors
.
T
h
e
outsid
e
world
r
a
r
e
ly
s
e
t
e
y
e
s
on
Archib
a
ld
Wa
ll
a
c
e,
or
Arch
e
r
,
as
h
e
h
a
d
onc
e
h
ea
rd
G
ilroy
c
a
ll
hi
m.
And
th
e
ma
n
b
e
c
ame
m
yth
,
th
e
str
a
ng
e
E
nglish
ge
n
t
l
e
m
an
w
h
o
h
ad
a
rr
i
v
ed
i
n
N
ew
Y
o
r
k
C
i
t
y
as
i
f
bo
r
n
f
r
om
th
e
s
ea
a
nd
cr
ea
t
e
d
an
em
pir
e
out
of
thin
air.

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