Eden Glenn

So, my dear readers. By now you’ve gathered the tie in between all my worlds. The pivot point being Salynne’s Crystals and Thyme, the small rural town in North Florida and key characters interacting and crossing through each other’s stories.

Dar’kind Promises is paranormal and the ones to follow it on a quarterly schedule will be paranormal.

Raynia’s Magic is contemporary. Oh the hint of paranormal is teased with the potential of the necklace having magical properties. However, it is rather a hokey pokey dance of Does it…Doesn’t it? Raynia’s Magic has become vol 1 of the Amethyst Desire Collection. Future stories in that collection will all involve the amethyst necklace and cameo the stories of the lovers who interact with the necklace. Those stories will publish about every other month. Some of them are paranormal and some are contemporary. Obviously Raynia’s Magic is Contemporary. Beverly’s Secret vol 2 is also contemporary. However, vol 3 Phoenix Reborn is paranormal. There are hints in the titles of the story that reveal to readers the underlying nature of the book whether paranormal or contemporary.

Will Maura and Zelia appear again in a future story? Now that is a good question. I don’t know the answer to that one. I think it will depend on the readers. Maybe Maura and Zelia will appear again in Ardith’s rescue. Perhaps you will see the two of them in their home environment on the other side of the veil. Who knows? LOL What would you like to see?

Recessives and Pleasure Slaves.

In the world of WyrmArach there are Dragon shifters in the warrior class and there are Humans that can shift to dragon, the ruling class. Of the human to dragon faction, there are some who are unable to shift to dragon form at puberty. They are labeled recessive and given to the warrior class as pleasure slaves to serve their every need. It can range from housekeeping to satisfaction of personal needs i.e. pleasure slaves.

As recessives have no value other than the services they can provide their owners. There are specific customs assigned to proof of ownership, transfer of ownership. Slaves are pierced and fitted with fettish chains of the house that owns them.

The Watchers on the human side of the veil run an intricate underground railroad to attempt to rescue those that they can in a judicious manner to avoid detection.

The culture of Pleasure Slaves will be revealed more in Dragon’s Soul – Isobeau and Kiernan’s story.

Maura says this about pleasure slaves in Dar’kind Promises:

She needed fucked and the fates put a naked whore on her doorstep. Some trick turned bad probably put the woman out of one of the other rooms. Back home, a person had to take ownership of their sex slaves instead of this random free agent shit, another plus for her culture, over this Goddessless place. The practice of recycling the useless recessives and giving them purpose and a useful place, win/win.

It hints that the use of pleasure slaves is well accepted even in the Dar’kind Fae society.

The Time Table. The events of Dar’kind Promises happen within a couple of days of each other.  Several stories are meshed together and I thought you might be interested in how the stories fit together within a time line.

Isobeau has been watching and protecting the Dragon Guardian. (future W/T Dragon’s Mark)

Maura finds the Indigo Dragon and sets a spelled portal for someone of his kind to find him.

Zeila and Maura find refuge at Isobeau’s home. We meet Rhys and Haydn (future w/t) Dragon’s Unbound.

Maura and Zelia reveal information to Isobeau about the villian the morning of their rescue, right before Isobeau calls Wren to check on her after her date from the previous night.

Wren’s story begins. It is fall before Samhain. (W/T Dragon’s Mark)

Day 1 of Wren’s story in (W/T) Dragon’s Mark – Raynia Castellano of Raynia’s Magic purchases something from Salynne’s Crystals and Thyme while Caleb is acting as clerk and Ethan is outside the shop working on a carpentry project. Wren is outside talking to Ethan.

Day 2 of Dragon’s Mark – Kiernan is rescued. That evening Dragon’s Unbound begins with Rhys and Haydn

(W/T) Dragon’s Soul events occur.

The following Spring – Beverly’s Secret takes place

Isobeau is featured as the confidant. She is The Healer. She will help Maura and Zelia in Dar’kind Promises. She has been the protector for Wren in (W/T) Dragon’s Mark. She will be Kiernan’s Love in (W/T) Dragon’s Soul. She is a significant character who will later lead to the discovery of Ardith in Dragon’s Soul.

Her voice is described this way: “Izzy’s voice made you feel good all over. She explained her warn and unusual accent as a combination of native tribal mother and Scottish father.” by Wren. She has long dark hair that falls in waves around her shoulders and back. She has a certain gypsy quality of mystery and freedom.

She is one of the Dragon race and sister to the Royal Twins, Ethan and Caleb. Not many people know that. Isobeau holds her own secret as well.  She has been labeled a recessive. That’s how she was accepted into the Watchers. Her recessive trait is also why when she is taken back to WyrmArach she is sentenced to be given as a pleasure slave. What they don’t know is Isobeau can transform. Like her brothers her transformation is unique and so unusual it must remain hidden forever rather than reveal the abomination she is. Some call her a witch. Some call her a freak.

The Dragon Guardian is mentioned in Dar’kind Promises. Just who is the Dragon Guardian and what is the significance. She is on the fringe of the story. The villian talks of her and has plans for her.

As the events of Dar’kind Promises unfold the Dragon Guardian is being revealed. Isobeau recognized her some time ago and has been keeping an eye on her to keep her safe. Isobeau is one of the “Watchers” Alas, a secret for another day. Suffice it to say, the watchers have kept the Guardian hidden and safe while she has grown to womanhood. They might not be able to keep her safe much longer. Naturally, the young guardian has no idea she’s being watched and guarded. Cathwren comes from a powerful heritage. Will she live long enough to learn to control her emerging powers?

Wren and Isobeau are friends. Isobeau reads tarot cards at Wren’s shop once a week for clients. Wren is going to have a disasterous date with a man she and Isobeau have nicknamed “Stinking Ron”. Wren’s life is getting ready to change. She has a heritage she doesn’t know about and a destiny she hasn’t chosen.

The Town.

The setting for this story is identified as a small town in rural North Florida. It has not been named in any published work yet. Where is this little oasis of paranormal wonder you ask? I guess I have hesitated to call the town by it’s real name and I haven’t settled on its fictitious name yet.

Here are the clues. It is about 45 minutes west of Jacksonville. It is about 45 minutes north of Gainesville. Two major highways run from the east to the west through the town. Half the county is federal forest. i.e. a small rural town in North Florida. LOL. There are shops on main street through town. The apartments and stores are made up.  None of the characters in my stories resemble any of the real people who live in that town. The characters are totally invented.

This small rural town is the location of Salynne’s Crystals and Thyme and Thompson, Thornton, and Castellano, Attorneys at Law featured in another story. Can you name that story?