#Book Blitz #Phantom Fire (Winged Warriors 1) by Delta James #Paranormal Romance @Xpresso Book Tours22/8/2023
Phantom Fire
Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo -- EXCERPT: Along about dusk, she had her usual campsite within reach. As she rounded the corner, she realized it was in use. The woman emerging out of the bright orange tent smiled as she spotted Kessily and raised her hand. “Hello, sister,” she called. She was dressed in jeans and a pretty sweater with Native American-inspired artwork intricately woven into the sweater. Her jeans were tucked into traditional moccasins instead of hiking boots. Kessily looked all around her to see to whom the woman was referring. The woman laughed. “Yes, I mean you. I’ve been waiting for you.” “You have? Do we know each other?” Kessily asked as she reached into her pocket for the bear spray—if it could drop a grizzly, surely it could drop a medium-sized female. “There is no need for violence or confusion. I am known as She Who Listens.” “What do you listen to?” asked Kessily. “To all the living things. They speak to me.” Curious, Kessily moved closer. “What do they tell you?” “Many things. For instance, they say you are on a great quest.” Kessily smiled and approached her. There didn’t seem to be any reason not to. “I’m hiking up to the Cauldron of Fire.” “Ah, it is the dragon you seek. He searches for you, as well.” Okay, so the woman is a little bit crackers. Perhaps I’ll move along and hope she doesn’t follow. “You think I’m not right in the head, but I am. There is a reason you feel at peace when you are within sight of the Cauldron. It is because he is there and has been waiting. He will come to you and you will bear his child.” “I’m not quite sure how to tell you this,” Kessily said, politely, “but it is next to impossible for me to get pregnant. I have something called PCOS. It will prevent me from ever having children.” “Dragon seed is strong. I can prove to you that what I say is true.” “Short of producing a dragon, I don’t think that’s possible. But you have yourself a nice day.” Kessily turned to leave, and she heard the woman scurrying back into her tent. She didn’t think anything good could come of that. She picked up her pace and began to put as much distance between herself and the mad woman as she possibly could. When the sound of the woman exiting her tent and starting after her reached her ears, Kessily broke into a run. “Wait, sister! I mean you no harm,” the woman said as her hand closed around Kessily’s upper arm and spun her around. In her hands was a large deck of ornate cards. “Pick one.” “No, thanks. I have friends waiting and want to get to them before they start to worry.” The woman frowned and shook her head. “No, you don’t. There is no one who waits for you. Pick a card. Listen to the message the gods send to you, and I will leave you in peace. I am nothing more than their messenger. When you have listened, I will go.” The woman held out the deck of cards, and hesitantly Kessily started to pick one but glanced at the woman’s face to see if there was any indication that she wanted her to pick a specific card. There was nothing. This woman would be hard to beat in a poker game. Her expression showed no emotion whatsoever. “Pick.” Kessily withdrew a card and handed it to the woman, who smiled. “You chose the silver dragon of imagination, possibility, and self-discovery.” Looking at the card, all Kessily could see was a silver dragon flying high over the peaks of a set of mountains that looked oddly familiar. The sky above it was midnight blue with shining stars that cast their light on the snow-capped peaks. “What are you trying to tell me?” Kessily asked. “It is not I who speaks to you, but the dragon lord who will claim you. I wish you well, sister.” The woman turned around and returned to her campsite. Wanting to put as much distance between them as possible, Kessily headed up the trail at a fast pace—just short of running. What a nut job. Nice enough, but clearly not quite right in the head. 
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