“Good to know.”
Ollie rose from his desk and ushered her down the hall. “Hey, did Old Joe Quinn really run out of the diner buck-naked today?”
“He shifted and ran when I handed him the bill. His favorite hat’s nailed behind the cash register.”
Ollie chuckled and shook his head as they walked down the hall and into the bar that was growing louder by the minute.
“He won’t forget that one.”
“I’m counting on it.”
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
What to say? There were so many people who made this book possible. It was challenging in ways that most of you cannot imagine. (I hope you never have to.)
Thanks to my pre-readers, Kristy, Caroline, Sarah, Kelli, Paulette, and Lindsay, who are dear friends, as well as some of the smartest women I know.
Thanks to my editing team, who shine things up and make me look less forgetful. Amy and Cassie, you guys rock.
Thanks to my marvelous family, who put up with my distracted behavior.
Thanks, especially, to my son. The light of my life.
And finally, thanks to ‘the girls.’ You know who you are. You know the ugly stories and the funny ones. Thank you for clapping while I dance naked down Main Street.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Elizabeth Hunter is a contemporary fantasy and romance author. She is a graduate of the University of Houston Honors College in the Department of English (Linguistics) and a former English teacher.
She currently lives in Central California with a seven-year-old ninja who claims to be her child. She enjoys reading, writing, travel, and bowling (despite the fact that she’s not very good at it.) Someday, she plans to learn how to scuba dive. And maybe hang glide. But that looks like a lot of running.
She is the author of the Elemental Mysteries and Elemental World series, the Cambio Springs series, and other works of fiction.
Learn more about her writing at
ElizabethHunterWrites.com
Or visit the Elemental Mysteries fan site at
ElementalMysteries.com.
She may be contacted by e-mail at
[email protected].
Twitter: @E__Hunter
Official Facebook page: Elizabeth Hunter
Table of Contents
Title page
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Elizabeth Hunter, Building From Ashes
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