Initiate - Doll (Book 1-Episode 3): The Unfinished Song Series – An Epic Faerie Tale

By Tara Maya

ABOUT THE SERIES:

Long ago, to win a war, humans Cursed the Aelfae, fairest and wisest of the faeries… But all magic has a price. The same Curse that destroyed the Aelfae now threatens all of Faearth. One young woman and the warrior she loves must fight the Curse to prove which is stronger…love or death.

DINDI desperate longs to become a Tavaedi, a magic dancer. But no one in her clan has ever passed the Test at Initiation. To violate the taboo, and dance without permission, is to risk death. The only other way to prove worthy is even more unthinkable: to bargain with the fae.

KAVIO is the half-human son of the Last Aelfae, exited from his tribe. Refusing to be a pawn in his tribe’s struggles, his only goal is to find a new, peaceful life. But when he catches Dindi violating a taboo, he must choose between condemning her to death or helping her. Even if it means war.

The Unfinished Song series is an epic, romantic fantasy appropriate for an older Young Adult and for a New Adult readership, as well as for readers of any age who love magic, love, adventure and happy endings.

PLEASE NOTE…

There are three ways you can read The Unfinished Song Series. Why? Some readers like to savor a story a spoonful at a time, dolloped out over weeks or months. Others prefer their sagas served in big, meaty chunks, devoured in one delicious banquet. How do you prefer to read?

This is the third episode of the first novel, Initiate. 

If you prefer to read the first novel, you can find Initiate (The Unfinished Song, Book 1) on the online site where you found this episode.

You can also find the entire first trilogy sold as three-book set.

The complete series will consist of twelve full length novels.

The complete series of novels (seven episodes each):

Initiate

Taboo

Sacrifice

Root

Wing

Blood

Mask

Mirror

Maze

Sworn

Flute

Wheel

• Language: English
• Publisher: Misque Press
• Release date: Sep 21, 2015
• ISBN: 9781516384181

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Table of Contents

The Unfinished Song | Book 1: Initiate | Episode 3: Doll

Episode Three | Doll

The Unfinished Song

Book 1: Initiate

Episode 3: Doll

There are three ways you can read The Unfinished Song Series. Why? Some readers like to savor a story a spoonful at a time, dolloped out over weeks or months. Others prefer their sagas served in big, meaty chunks, devoured in one delicious banquet. How do you prefer to read?

Right now, you are reading the first episode of the first novel, Initiate. Each week, a new episode will be available.

If you prefer to read the first novel, you can find Initiate (The Unfinished Song, Book 1) on the online site where you found this episode.

You can also find the entire first trilogy sold as three-book set.

The complete series will consist of twelve full length novels.

Even better, you can read any of these books for free, if you request a free review copy by emailing me: [e-mail], or my publisher, [e-mail].

Episode Three

Doll

Brena

Before dawn, the clanhold of Sycamore Stands already throbbed with the sounds of women pounding nuts. The astringent smell of acorn drifted from the leeching ditches between the clay domed huts. Once Zavaedi Brena made certain her snoopy neighbor, Auntie Ula, was not following her, she urged her two daughters, Gwena and Gwenika, past the clanhold stockade, down the embankment, to a spot hidden by sycamore trees. They did this every morning, yet every morning Brena had to battle all over again to force them to move, as if it were the first time.

Gwena, the oldest, spent an inordinate amount of time combing her hair. On the way to the woods, she craned her neck to attract the attention of young men burning brush for gardens. Several of the hooligans smiled at her like idiots, until they saw Brena and hastened back to work.

Gwenika, younger by two years, started her whining earlier than usual. Do I have to practice today?

Yes. You have to practice everyday.

But I’m feeling very dizzy this morning.

Hrmf. Brena still smarted from her cousin Ula’s admonishments last night. For fifteen years Ula had failed to have children of her own, but she insisted on lecturing those who did. "You’re too soft on the girls, that’s why the little one