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Oliver’s uncle nodded.
That was part of Oliver’s reading that his uncle had given him. He was back up. He had the same knowledge as his uncle and a spell to help him escape if he needed to.
“I’m having the charges dropped against your nephew.” He nodded towards Oliver, who nearly collapsed from the relief. “Although I can’t condone breaking in, and stealing, it was justified in this one instance.” He looked directly at Oliver, whose ears flamed hot.
“And you and I are going to sniff out these dark wizards and flush them from the Guild.”
Geoffrey grinned and the two wizards shook hands.
“I’m sorry I broke into the Guild. I won’t ever do anything like that again.” Oliver hesitated, worried about adding to the debt he owed the High Wizard. “What about Rill?” Oliver hated to interrupt when everything had been going his way. But the whole purpose to all of this was to make sure he and Rill were exonerated.
The High Wizard took out a sheet of parchment. It had the letterhead of the Guild. He scribbled a few lines, signed it with a flourish, and pressed a wax seal at the bottom. He handed it to Geoffrey, who also signed.
“Your pardon along with your familiar’s. I think your feathered friend has earned his permanent freedom. Hopefully, we can all work together to make sure they are all freed.”
Oliver felt gratitude to his toes.
“Thank you, sir.”
“I’ll meet you in the car, my boy,” Geoffrey said, and Oliver knew he had been dismissed. He clutched his official pardon tightly and headed to the car.
He didn’t have to wait long; Geoffrey was only about fifteen minutes longer. When he climbed in the car, Oliver could sense the satisfaction rolling off of him.
“What did you talk about?” he asked, desperate to know.
“Well, my boy, not only have you brought a scandal to light, the High Wizard, in a grand show of gratitude, has granted you a full scholarship to the University of Anchorage Wizarding School. Effective as soon as the Term begins. Congratulations, you’re going to get that training.”
Oliver couldn’t believe it. He was going to be a real wizard, and he was going to stop the black wizards from stealing anymore souls from familiars and wizards. He couldn’t wait to tell Rill. His life as a wizard had just begun.
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Brigid Donovan is going through a nasty divorce. The idea to buy and restore her family's old mansion won't leave her alone. A visit to the property shows more damage than she'd been braced for, yet despite all the cracks and decay... the house calls to her.
On a crazy whim, she signs on the dotted line, following her destiny down a path which will change her broken life forever. Only, the broken-down mansion comes with a 25-pound Ragdoll cat—a cat she's sure she's met before as a kid, but that's impossible, isn't it?
Brigid is going to find that there's more to the cat, and herself, then meets the eye. Which is good because when a magical foe with a grudge comes calling, Brigid is going to need all the help she can get...
About Jilleen Dolbeare
Jilleen Dolbeare is the author of the Shadow Winged Chronicles, an urban fantasy series about a shape-shifting bush pilot in Alaska, the Splintered Magic Series, about a woman rebuilding her life and learning about magic with the help of her cat and the Paranormal Portlock Detective series, a fish out of water tale about a woman fleeing London and ending up in Alaska with her dog.
She loves riding horses, warm ocean beaches, and long walks in the mountains, none of which she can do in the Arctic, so she writes. Her activities are riding her four-wheeler on cold ocean beaches (often frozen or covered with ice), and long walks to and from work when it’s 40 below—in the dark. She does keep her stakes sharp for those vamps that show up during the 67 days of night.
Jilleen lives with her husband and two hungry cats in Alaska where she also discovered her love and admiration of the Inupiaq people and their folklore.
Waif in the Wilds
By Lauretta Hignett
Waif in the Wilds by Lauretta Hignett
When Chloe stops at a dive bar on her way to kill the final person on her list – the man who trained her to be a killing machine, she’s harassed by a bunch of drunk werewolves. But when they ‘lure’ her outside, she finds a friend in the most unlikely of places...
Chapter One
The bartender put another drink down in front of me, wiping the bar as she moved away. Petite and skinny, with bleached hair and lots of tattoos, she worked quickly, with almost frenzied movements, kind of like a spider on meth. “Last one for a while, hon,” she said shortly, not looking at me. “You’re throwing them back too quick.”
