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The Rune Dagaz out of the Extasy Rune Series, and a Terran Times Novel
Would you share your mind to save a stranger’s sanity? Or your own life? Gift of Wyora, the Rune Dagaz Blurb: When Terran Rescue Pilot Theodora Dawson uses the strength of her mind to save a stranger, she had no idea that the stranger would take full advantage of the link. Now, tied to the lady Norsa through emotional bonds she cannot break, she finds herself in a love triangle, a whirl of formal events and fighting for her own life. Only Altius is willing to help keep her from losing her mind, body and soul, but will his psychic touch translate into the physical relations that Theo wants? Only his mind will tell.
Excerpt: "So, Altius." Theo stirred her tea. "You don't seem too happy to be dragging Norsa home." "I am not. But it is my last duty to her family, and then I am free of obligation." He answered her frankly and she appreciated it. Tea with Altius was another of her small pleasures. When Christy was engaging in difficult manoeuvres or course corrections she didn't want company. "What will you do then? You are too young to retire." Theo was guessing, but he didn't seem that old. "I will attend to my own lands and businesses, without the concerns of Norsa's clan." He pinned her with his amber gaze. "What will you do when she weds?" "Well, the link will be dissolved so I guess I will be going back to working on Alliance cruisers, doing medic and salvage work." "That brings up a topic I have been wanting to discuss with you. How did you end up as Norsa's link? I hadn't heard that any Terran had undergone the training." "There is training for it? Wow, I wish someone had shared that tidbit before." A small cookie met its demise in her mouth. She continued after she cleared out the crumbs. "Training may have helped me keep the horny little bugger out of my mind when she was feeling frisky." The shock on his face could not have been more evident. "You mean she doesn't shield her thoughts during intimate moments?" "Nope. In fact, I am pretty sure that she turns up the connection just so I get a full dose of her sensations." His eyes flashed and seemed to burn through her. "That is outrageous. And you agreed to this?" "I did not have a choice." She refilled her cup and fought for the calm that had come so easily at Kaia Renal. "When we linked something wedged my mind open. I have been unable to draw the connection closed for even a little while. All I can do is to mute the output of her thoughts and actions." His appalled demeanour did not change, but softened slightly as he noted her distress. "I know what it is to be a link. I underwent the training to assist those who had not the ability or the control to keep themselves in check. It was hard work to stem the overflow of thoughts enough to prevent madness." Theo smiled and reached out to lay her hand on his. His own distress reached her heart and she felt she had to comfort him in his bad memory. "Is it a Wyoran trait, this inability to control their minds?" "Yes, I am afraid so. The majority of our population has a high degree of psychic talents. Those who need links have too much power to control without training. They need a strong mind to spill into until they can learn the necessary control. Those like Norsa do not respect the link that keeps their sanity. They use the link as a toy, a servant to abuse. I have linked with a few of those." "How did you manage?" Her words carried all that was implied, how did he keep his sanity, and survive serving the selfish. "I had training before I began my first link. The pay that was offered was enough to buy my way into the lower rungs of society. The next link moved me up a rung, until finally I had enough money to keep my family in comfort and own my own land." "You get paid for this?" Again he looked shocked, and then resigned. "Because of the sensitive and vital nature of the link, the average six month term will net you a lower nobility in our world. The two years that you have endured will make your payout enough to buy a small house in the country to retire to if you wish. Or to purchase a small asteroid as an investment if you don't." "I haven't thought that far ahead. Will Norsa set me free before her wedding?" "Yes, just before. She will link with her groom, and don't think that her family hadn't had to pay through the nose for that one. It is not normally part of the wedding ceremony. He has been in training for months for just that moment." "I really hope he isn't expecting a virgin on his wedding night." "Why is that?" "Because at this moment Norsa is schtupping two crew members in one of the engine rooms."
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