Wind’s Aria
by Tessa
Stockton
Blurb:
Elected as the Songstress, Aria takes her place on the
sacred platform to sing before every dawn. As long as she does so, peace and
abundant life belong to her people. One morning, amidst a strange wind that
brings with it a curse in its eerie howl, Aria loses her ability to make music.
But the encroaching death that transpires isn’t her biggest tragedy. It’s that
she adores the cause of her blunder, for he’s a magnificent winged creature
who’s stolen more than her voice.
“Who are you?”
He pushed further back into the shadows as she strode
closer. “Someone you need not know.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
When he didn’t answer, she sighed.
“What a strange, terrible day,” she mumbled. “Well, at least
tell me your name . . .”
He stood, speechless, knowing he shouldn’t be there at
all—conversing with a Meleyan—especially not their musical deliverer that he
was set to doom the day after tomorrow.
A peculiar grumbling interrupted her insistence, to his
relief.
“Sorry.” She patted her stomach. He could see, even in the
blackened night, how her face turned a deeper shade of red than her hair. “I’ve
forgotten to eat. I guess I’m hungrier than I realized.”
He plucked an apple from the tree he’d nearly become a part
of and held it out to her. The girl approached tentatively. She reached for the
fruit but recoiled when her fingers brushed his.
“Is touching me so horrible?” he asked.
Her jaw dropped open and her delicate brow furrowed. She
inclined her head. “It . . . hurt.”
“How?” he asked, for her fingers felt good to him, soothing.
Warm. He wanted to try again.
“I don’t know how to explain . . .”
“Hum.” Unsatisfied with the answer, he tossed the apple to
her and watched as she crunched her teeth into it.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
A veteran of
the performing arts and worldwide missions, Tessa Stockton also contributed as
a writer/editor for ministry publications, ghostwriter for political content,
and she headed a column on the topic of forgiveness. Today she writes romance
and intrigue novels in a variety of genres. In addition to her fantasy romance,
WIND’S ARIA, she’s the author of suspense/thriller, THE UNSPEAKABLE, political
intrigue/romance, THE UNFORGIVABLE, and a literary short story, LOVE AND LULL,
with more in the works.
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Thank you, Tawania, for the guest spot today.
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Tawania - love that you cut your teeth reading historical romances! Those are still among my favorites, although all things fantasy (al la Wind's Aria) are right up there too!
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