Consort

By Meyari McFarland

Keelan glared, hands clenched so tight they felt like wire strung over steel blades ready to spring loose and cut someone to ribbons.

Not someone. Father. Again. Always.

The battle for his and his siblings' freedom never ended. Keelan couldn't win, not when Father was trained and they weren't.

Nothing changed until Keelan's unwanted consort arrived, bringing hope along with a whirlwind of power.

• Language: English
• Publisher: MDR Publishing
• Release date: Feb 11, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310218651

Meyari McFarland

Meyari McFarland has been telling stories since she was a small child. Her stories range from SF and Fantasy adventures to Romances but they always feature strong characters who do what they think is right no matter what gets in their way. Her series range from Space Opera Romance in the Drath series to Epic Fantasy in the Mages of Tindiere world. Other series include Matriarchies of Muirin, the Clockwork Rift Steampunk mysteries, and the Tales of Unification urban fantasy stories, plus many more. You can find all of her work on MDR Publishing's website at www.MDR-Publishing.com.

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Consort

By Meyari McFarland

Other Books by Meyari McFarland:

Matriarchies of Muirin:

Tales from the Dana Clanhouse

Repair and Rebuild

Storm Over Archaelaos

Coming Together

Facing the Storm

Fitting In

Following the Beacon

Mages of Tindiere:

Artifacts of Awareness

City of the Dead

Transplant of War

Running From The Immortals

Hearts of Magic

Triumph of the Artificer Mages

Debts to Recover:

The Nature of Beasts

The Manor Verse:

A New Path

Following the Trail

Crafting Home

Finding a Way

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Dedication:

This story is dedicated to my parents for encouraging me, my husband for supporting me and my readers for enjoying my stories. Thank you everyone!

Table of Contents

Consort

Mountainous Stretch of Wind

Afterword

Consort

His teeth ached. So did his jaw. His hands which were clenched so tight that they felt like wire strung over steel blades ready to spring loose and cut someone to ribbons.

Not someone. Father. Again. Always.

The sitting room was silent, not still. It could never be still, not with Father looming by the window, one finger idly tracing the grill's graceful arcs as if he contemplated nothing more than a fresh coat of paint for the finely carved wood.

Outside there was noise, people training in the courtyard. A horse's hooves. Voices raised, lowered, raised in shock. Stilled. Father smiled as if that sudden silence was his doing but no, it couldn't be.

His power swirled through the room not outside of it. It silenced Keelan's complaints about being forced to take a consort that he didn't want. Padma's tearful expression had collapsed like a burnt-out coal into sullen resignation over Father's declaration that she would soon be married even though she was only twelve. Alex stood by the cold fireplace, arms wrapped around his chest because, yet again, he'd been denied the right to take holy vows as he'd wanted since he was tiny.

Even Morgan, the only one of them who had ever had the ability to stand up to Father and then only with the help of his wives who were not present this afternoon, was silent. Breathing hard, nostrils flaring and shoulders hunched