Exiled into the desert . . . she would not have done it if she truly thought it would cause her or her loved ones pain. I had no doubt she went because for the moment, the threats had passed. Or so she thought.
“She thinks she’s safe, doesn’t she?” Tom whispered from my shoulder. I glanced at the fairy and then to the woman who’d more than captured my attention.
“Yes, she does.”
Tom hiccupped. “What you going to do about that? ’Cause I know you aren’t the nice boy everyone thinks you are. Eh?”
I couldn’t take my eyes from Larkspur, until the Pegasus flew overhead. I crouched, feeling my heart tug at me. Peta clung to the equine’s back, but she never looked my way. Lark lifted a hand and something sparkled in the air between her and Peta.
“I have to let her fall further, Tom. She has to be broken before I can help her. But I want to keep tabs on her. That’s where you come in.”
“Ahh, Talan. I don’t want to stay in the desert! My wings dry up and—”
“I saved you from having your wings removed. Samara was going to rip them from your back, if you recall.” I held a hand up to him and he stepped into my palm. “Go and keep an eye on her. I’ll check in with you at the edge of the desert twice a year. Summer and winter solstice.”
He grunted and lifted off from my hand in a drunken wobble. I put my hands on my knees and rolled my shoulders.
“You need to be shattered, little Larkspur,” I whispered. “And I will be the one to do it.”
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THE RYLEE ADAMSON NOVELS
Priceless (Book 1)
Immune (Book 2)
Raising Innocence (Book 3)
Shadowed Threads (Book 4)
Blind Salvage (Book 5)
Tracker (Book 6)
Veiled Threat (Book 7)
Wounded (Book 8)
Blood of the Lost (Book 10)
Alex (A Short Story)
Tracking Magic (A Novella 0.25)
Elementally Priceless (A Novella 0.5)
Guardian (A Novella 6.5)
Stitched (A Novella 8.5)
THE ELEMENTAL SERIES
Recurve (Book 1)
Breakwater (Book 2)
Firestorm (Book 3)
Windburn (Book 4)
Rootbound (Book 5)
THE BLOOD BORNE SERIES
Recombinant (Book 1)
Replica (Book 2)
THE NEVERMORE TRILOGY
The Nevermore Trilogy
Sundered (Book 1)
Bound (Book 2)
Dauntless (Book 3)
A CELTIC LEGACY
A Celtic Legacy Trilogy
Dark Waters (Book 1)
Dark Isle (Book 2)
Dark Fae (Book 3)
THE RISK SERIES (Written as S.J. Mayer)
High Risk Love (The Risk Series, Book 1)
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCES (Written as S.J. Mayer)
Of The Heart
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
WINDBURN TITLE PAGE
PRAISE FOR THE ELEMENTAL SERIES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
COMING SOON
NEWSLETTER
ALSO BY SHANNON MAYER
AUTHORS NOTE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT