The Golden Dynasty
Kristen Ashley
Published by Kristen Ashley
Copyright 2011 Kristen Ashley at Smashwords
Discover other titles by Kristen Ashley:
Rock Chick Series:
Rock Chick
Rock Chick Rescue
Rock Chick Redemption
Rock Chick Renegade
Rock Chick Revenge
The ‘Burg Series:
For You
At Peace
Golden Trail
The Colorado Mountain Series:
The Gamble
Sweet Dreams
Fantasyland Series:
Wildest Dreams
Fantastical
Other Titles by Kristen Ashley:
Lacybourne Manor
Mystery Man
Penmort Castle
Sommersgate House
Three Wishes
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Author’s Note
The land you’re about to be introduced to has its own language. In order not to disturb the look and flow of the book, I have not italicized this fictional foreign tongue. I have, however, translated within the narrative or, if not, the dialogue is annotated and the translation is included at the end of the chapter. For your reference, I have included a Korwahk dictionary at the end of the book. This dictionary includes definitions of Korwahk words as well as explanations of the different countries, regions and seas of my fictional alternate universe.
In order to move the story along, I also took liberties with the amount of time it takes our heroine to learn the new tongue and our hero to learn hers. Our Circe is a clever girl and our Lahn is fabulous but no one is that clever and fabulous… except in a fantasy.
Welcome to Korwahk. I hope you enjoy spending time there.
Kristen Ashley
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Prologue
Running
I was running.
Running on those stupid, flimsy little sandals.
Running for my life.
