Plague Cult
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She nodded. She’d said as much when they debriefed William and the rest of the Collegium team. She’d been so intent on giving her report that, although she’d noted William’s frowning glance at Shawn, she hadn’t questioned it. Not then.
Shawn hesitated. “Even without the nexus, I wouldn’t have been going to Lynx Lookout without energy. Ruth, when I don’t mask my hollerider magic, when it sends out its terror, it harvests the energy of the fear that terror generates. As a hollerider, I grow strong on others’ fear.”
“So you were safe.”
He gave her a disbelieving look. “Is that it?”
“What?” She was baffled. “I didn’t know that about holleriders, so of course I thought you needed help.”
“That’s not what I mean.” He gripped her shoulders. “Other people’s terror energizes me. You’re a healer, can you live with that? You heal people. I—”
She clasped his wrists, looking into his eyes. “You use your terror as a last resort. Your hollerider nature is part of who you are. A strong man. A good one.”
He closed his eyes as a wave of relief and thankfulness visibly swept through him. His whole aura lightened.
In mage sight, Ruth saw her own aura glowing pink with love. She stood on tiptoe and kissed him. “I love you, Shawn Jackson.”
They were late to their family dinner.
Note From The Author
The Collegium series is great fun to write, and I hope you’re enjoying the journey with me. Each novel is a stand-alone story. Demon Hunter and Djinn Justice both star Fay and Steve, but after that, the books feature new couples.
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Demon Hunter
Djinn Justice
Dragon Knight
Doctor Wolf
Plague Cult
Hollywood Demon (August 2016)
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