Unexpected Alliances: Goddess's Honor

By Joyce Reynolds-Ward

After renouncing her leadership of Medvara and accepting the title of Rekaré Kinslayer, Rekaré travels to the capital city of a long-time foe seeking aid. What do the Gods want from her--and will she find it in Gulter?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joyce Reynolds-Ward
• Release date: Nov 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386519850

Joyce Reynolds-Ward

Joyce Reynolds-Ward splits her time between Portland and Enterprise, Oregon. A former special education teacher, Joyce also enjoys horses, skiing, and other outdoor activities. She's had short stories and essays published in First Contact Café, Tales from an Alien Campfire, River, How Beer Saved the World 1 and 2, Fantasy Scroll Magazine, and Trust and Treachery. Her novels Netwalk: Expanded Edition, Netwalker Uprising, Life in the Shadows: Diana and Will, Netwalk’s Children, and Alien Savvy as well as other works are available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, and other sources. Alien Savvy is also available in audiobook through Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. Follow Joyce's adventures through her blog, Peak Amygdala, at www.joycereynoldsward.com, or through her LiveJournal at joycemocha. Joyce’s Amazon Central page is located at http://www.amazon.com/Joyce-Reynolds-Ward/e/B00HIP821Y.

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UNEXPECTED ALLIANCES

A GODDESS’S HONOR SHORT STORY

BY

JOYCE REYNOLDS-WARD

This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real people is purely coincidental.

Unexpected Alliances © 2018 by Joyce Reynolds-Ward.

Cover image © 2018 by Britta Bergmann (Majorgaine) purchased through Depositphotos, design by Joyce Reynolds-Ward

All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Distribution is handled by the author, and all requests for redistribution should be directed to the author.

This is not the choice I wanted you to make. Rekaré could hear Cenarth’s voice as clearly as if he were standing next to her right now instead of at their farewell several days ago. How many days had it been? As she lay in her bedroll, staring up at the brilliant stars overhead, she couldn’t say for sure. Everything blurred together. The last clear thing she could remember was loading onto the deck of the Morning Star in Medvare-the-city. Vengeance had been on her mind then, vengeance for the deaths of her mother Alicira and her daughter Melarae, plus the attack on her Heartfather Heinmyets and Secondmother Inharise.

Still, she tried to count the days.

A day and a half on the Morning Star upriver. That part was clear. Then things blurred again. How long had it taken to reach her Heartfather and Secondmother? Had it only taken them one day to catch up with their attackers? She remembered the battle—where she had truly earned the title Rekaré Kinslayer—and resigning the Leadership of Medvara. Remembered her cousin Katerin’s stunned expression as Rekaré advanced her from Regent-Designate to full Leadership. Then things blurred again. She had helped escort Heinmyets and seriously wounded Inharise to safety at the border with the Two Nations. That heart-wrenching farewell from yesterday was clear, in some ways worse than parting from Cenarth since it was