Graybill

By Rita Schulz

Fear grips the King of Graybill. The terrified Queen of Man and Dragons refuses to fulfill her royal duties until the mystery of Graybill’s Forest is solved for all time. The future of the kingdom hangs in the balance.

A tale of dragons and survival concerning a family forced to question their very existence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Russ Crossley
• Release date: Apr 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524228040

Rita Schulz

Rita lives on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia with, Russ, her husband, who is also a fiction writer. She has written for years and is an alumnus of the Oregon Writers Network, and the Greater Vancouver Chapter of the Romance Writers of America. Her most recently published stories are Fire in Their Hearts with R.G. Hart from Champagne books, and Ladies of the Jolly Roger and Tales of the Fantastic, from 53rd Street Publishing. Please visit her website at http://www.ritacrossley.com to view her other works.  

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Graybill

Rita Schulz

Published by 53rd Street Publishing

Copyright 2016 Rita Schulz

All rights reserved

Cover art © Canstock–AlgolOnline

Cover designed by R. Edgewood

Cover design and layout copyright 2016 by 53rd Street Publishing

53rd Street Publishing

Head office: Gibsons B.C. Canada

www.53rdsteetpublishing.com

This is a work of fiction. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental.

Dedication

To my beloved.Graybill

My legs were screaming and my back was starting to go into spasms. But I knew if I moved I'd face death. I had to hold this curtsey or die trying.

The room smelled like the impersonal cold hard marble floor I was standing on. Even though I could hear a fire crackling and sputter in the smallest Audience Chamber in the castle, it was icy cold.

The very worst would be if I fell over and Gwen didn't. There was no way my sister would win this competition. She's a wonderful sister. She has deep blue eyes like mine, but has thick, dark red hair that she wears loose; she's slender and at five foot eight inches tall for a woman, has healing power and loved her plants. You noticed Gwen when she entered a room.

I have long blonde hair that I braid every morning to keep out of my face, with a small nose over full lips but only five foot four. My figure is a little on the full side. I paint, love to sing and see auras.

Your majesty, Artist Sofia Jaffrey is here as you requested. The court Jester, Jason called to me. I heard the bells on his costume jingling.

I dug my thumbnail into my index finger to keep myself from laughing.

I often wonder what he looks like.

Jason, my beloved, wouldn't show me his Jester's uniform. Was it a red costume with gold bells? Or blue with silver? Did he juggle and do tumbling? He played the guitar and had a lovely voice. I know he trained hard for a solid six months