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    Smoke and Fears
    Smoke and Fears
    Smoke and Fears
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    Smoke and Fears

    By Laura VanArendonk Baugh

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    Marsden cannot remember his real name, nor how he came to be a valet for the schoolboy son of a powerful magician. Phantom wisps of incense and narrow glimpses of memory are all he has, until he chances upon a family secret which only compounds intrigue. What might his young master Abel know of his amnesia? What binds him to the Wensleys? And why does he, a simple valet, know fragments of magic? 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherÆclipse Press
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
    ISBN9780985934989
    Smoke and Fears
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    Laura VanArendonk Baugh

    Laura was born at a very early age and never looked back. She overcame childhood deficiencies of having been born without teeth or developed motor skills, and by the time she matured into a recognizable adult she had become a behavior analyst, an internationally-recognized and award-winning animal trainer, a popular costumer/cosplayer, a chocolate addict, and of course a writer. Find her at www.LauraVanArendonkBaugh.com  

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      Smoke and Fears - Laura VanArendonk Baugh

      SMOKE AND FEARS

      By Laura VanArendonk Baugh

      Text copyright 2013 Laura VanArendonk Baugh

      Author portrait by Elemental Photography

      ISBN 978-0-9859349-8-9

      www.Aeclipse-Press.com

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      Chapter One

      He was kneeling in a cloud of incense, the air about him so thick it seemed to hold the echoes of music which had already gone, and he had no idea why or how he’d come there.

      He realized he wasn’t breathing, starving for air, and he tried to gasp. The incense choked his lungs and he coughed, waving at the smoke. There was a blurry sort of motion around him, a dozen or so figures moving through the smoke, and then someone caught his arm. Steady! Slowly, now. Step this way, and you’ll be out of it quick enough.

      The stranger led him toward a wall, and as the smoke thinned he had an impression of bookshelves and writing desks. He didn’t take the time to look far, though, as he coughed and rubbed at his eyes.

      There, now, said the man. He released his arm and offered a handkerchief. I’m Wensley, Emerson Wensley. Good thing I saw you, or you’d be breathing out scented smoke for a week, like a pretty little dragon toy.

      Thank you. He blotted his watering eyes with the handkerchief. I’m—

      He stopped. He couldn’t complete the sentence. Who was he?

      Marsden, I know. Porter sent you to valet my boy. So glad you’ve come in time for school.

      Marsden. A valet. Yes, sir.

      Wensley nodded, smiling. "I’m sure you’ll get on splendidly here. There is, however, just one thing I want

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