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my friends.”

“Do you remember how it felt to grow up without your parents?

Would you make your own children go through that? Would you make me? I might not be the good guy, or the guy who deserves you, but I am the guy who loves you with everything I have. Please don’t leave me.”

His voice pulled at her, reminding her of his confessions. Could she abandon him as he felt everyone else in his life had done? Could she take his children away from him? And the biggest question was, could she leave him? As she thought about how bleak her life back home seemed, she could feel every muscle in her body. Her arms and legs ached. Her head hurt, and she was tired. And the only thing she could think was that she wanted to go lay in the bed next to Jorel.

She turned toward the Traveler, and the muscles in Jorel’s arms tensed. “As much as I miss home, I am where I belong.” As the last of her words left her mouth, Jorel pulled her into his arms and captured her lips with his.

“If you will let go of the princess, I will finish patching you up.”

The doctor’s voice surprised them.

Ally tried to take a step back, but Jorel didn’t let her out of his arms. “I know I don’t deserve you. But I am going to do my best to make sure you never regret that you didn’t leave me.”

“I can’t regret it. I love you, and I don’t want to be anywhere but here.” Ally knew life her would never be the same.

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The Pearl Heartstone by Leila Brown

When the royal twins turned one month old, the king made a new

announcement. He gathered the royals and stood in front of his thrown.

“As a reward for bravery, I have decided that the next of our people to be matched by the Traveler will be our own Fi’on.”

Fi’on’s head snapped in the direction of where the king stood. He

had to be kidding. She didn’t want to be mated. She wanted to be the head of the royal guard. Not head of the female guard, not the princess’

personal guard. No, she wanted the whole thing. But once she was mated, that would all change. She would be regulated to breeding. All her dreams would fall to the greater need to breed.

She smiled at the king as she made a decision. Life here had just taken a turn for the worse. She needed to disappear, and fast.

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The Pearl Heartstone by Leila Brown

Author Bio

Leila Brown has been an avid reader since the fifth grade. As she got older, she read everything she could get her hands on, from horror to mystery before finally settling on romance as her favorite genre.

While in college studying computer programming and electrical engineering, she realized what she wanted to do when she grew up. She wanted to write those stories that entertained her through more nights than she could remember. Of course, her first attempts were less than remarkable and have been destroyed to protect the innocent.

Currently, Leila works a normal nine‐to‐five in the IT world. She writes during her lunch hour and at home after 9:00 P.M., when everyone in her house is asleep.

Is it easy? Yes. And no. Coming up with the stories is easy. Getting the words out of her head and onto paper is
hard
! But she couldnʹt live without it.

Come visit me at www.leilabrown.com

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