The Tie That Binds

By Debbie Mumford

Twin brothers Cameron and Kyle McClellan have always shared a psychic bond. Though the adult men lead very different lives, when career military officer Kyle is wounded in Iraq, Cameron's ability to decipher their unique link may mean the difference between his brother's life or death.

Author Bio:

Debbie Mumford specializes in the unknown —fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction. Author of the popular “Sorcha’s Children” series, Debbie loves mythology and is especially fond of Celtic and Native American lore. She writes about dragons, thunderbirds and time-traveling lovers for adults as herself and for tweens and young adults as Deb Logan.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WDM Publishing
• Release date: Jul 15, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465738561

Debbie Mumford

Debbie Mumford specializes in speculative fiction—fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction. Author of the popular Sorcha’s Children series, Debbie loves the unknown, whether it’s the lure of space or earthbound mythology. Her work has been published in multiple volumes of Fiction River, as well as in Heart’s Kiss Magazine, Spinetingler Magazine, and other popular markets. She writes about dragon-shifters, time-traveling lovers, and ghostly detectives for adults as Debbie Mumford and contemporary fantasy for tweens and young adults as Deb Logan.

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The Tie That Binds

The Tie That Binds

Debbie Mumford

WDM Publishing

Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Epilogue

About Debbie Mumford

Also by Debbie Mumford

Acknowledgments

1

Cameron McClellan dropped to his knees, instinctively shielding himself from the aftermath of a bomb blast in Iraq — half a world away from his Denver boardroom. A red haze of pain paralyzed his senses. The dry erase marker he’d been wielding at the white board dropped from nerveless fingers. His skull ached with the intensity of Kyle’s anguished screams.

Shock and concern from startled colleagues registered in a diminishing corner of his mind, but the searing agony of Kyle’s wound prevented Cameron from responding to their questions. Cameron’s breathing mirrored Kyle’s panting gasps. His arms and legs echoed Kyle’s desperate attempt to drag his shattered body away from the fiery remains of the humvee, to shelter beneath the inadequate branches of a roadside shrub. Cameron’s eyes closed with Kyle’s, but he didn’t see concern on friendly faces; blood-soaked dirt, hellfire, and mind- numbing pain filled his brain as he followed his twin into oblivion.

2

Cameron woke to the smell of antiseptic and the feel of crisp sheets tucked securely around his body. A blinding headache made him reluctant to open his eyes, but soft breathing and warm fingers stroking his arm encouraged him. With a fortifying inhalation, and moving his head as little as possible, he peered at his surroundings. Institutional white walls, curtained room divider, narrow, railed bed, and Sophie. His wife’s warm brown eyes studied him with concern, their lids swollen