Read DESTINY BECKONS :: TWENTY THREE

He was young, no older than she; and quite handsome. But Iola couldn’t care much about such things.

He was looking around nervously, adjusting his flowing red cloak over his broad shoulders from time to time.

She could tell he was new at his occupation, and possibly why the only one attending his post.

His more senior colleagues were no doubt huddled in some corner playing dice or drinking.

Iola kept her eye on the young guard from her hiding place in the shadowed undergrowth across the imposing stronghold.

When Kadar brought her there just a shade after midnight, the young clanswoman was once more awestruck by the immensity of the structure.

It was several times wider than the war-chief’s great hall back home and almost thrice that many times taller.

The thought of entering such a foreboding place had made her shudder and feel faint.

She closed her eyes.

Her mind was set on what she had to do. It would take a great deal of concentration and courage to accomplish what was needed, but Iola was more than ready for it.

Her love of her grandfather, for her people and for her ancestral lands gave her the strength she needed.

Iola focused her thoughts on the young guard. She had entered a mind of another earlier that day.

And even if it had been brief and she had little control then, something within her told Iola that if she tried even harder, she could do it again and fare even better.

And there was no other time more suitable than at that moment to do so.

The vivid swirls of colour in her mind were becoming more and more easy to push past and focus on her intended target.

She sensed the young man’s mind guarding the gates from across her. The colour in her mind was a solid green.

It defined the young guardsman. Bold and naive, eager and willing.

She took a deep breath and dove right in.

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THE STARLIGHT SHINING SAGA 1

DESTINY BECKONS

CARLTON ISAAC

This book is a work of fiction. The names of characters and places, and the incidents taking place are fictitious creations from the author’s imagination. Any resemblance whatsoever to actual events or locations, or to persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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