
“Adela, would you like to dance?” Rafael asked.
“Oh, I don’t…” Adela stammered.
“Of course you do,” Lidia said. “Please help me escape him.”
Rafael rolled his eyes comically at her and took Adela’s hand, leading her out onto the dance floor.
“Did Lidia make your necklace?” he asked. “She’s quite talented,” he continued after receiving Adela’s nod.
“I’ve seen the carvings you make,” Adela said. “Lidia might even have one.”
“Really?” Rafael said with interest.
“But I could be wrong.”
Rafael laughed. “You tease me! And what else can you do?”
“I have the amazing talent of being able to wiggle my ears,” Adela said seriously, and Rafael laughed again, spinning her as the dance ended.
“Lidia says that your singing puts the birds to shame,” he said.
“If she means that I can twitter quite excellently, then yes.”
Rafael’s laughter seemed ever present. “You continue to amaze me. Would you consider singing tonight? I would love to hear you.”
“I see you and Lidia have been scheming,” Adela said. She loved singing but not in front of a crowd like this!
“Alas, I cannot deny that,” Rafael sighed heavily. He escorted her through the dancers and back to Lidia.
“Your friend is quite charming; a welcome relief from your constant nagging,” Rafael told Lidia.
“What? You cannot stomach hearing your own voice repeated back to you?” Lidia asked.
“I was not aware that my voice sounded like nails on rock.”
“That’s because no one has had the heart to tell you. No doubt they are too busy swooning and stroking your ego.”
“I have an ego?”
“With a hat like that, who wouldn’t?”
Adela’s Curse
A curse. A murderous scheme. A choice.
A witch and her master capture a young faery and command her to kill their enemy. Adela has no choice but to obey. If she does not, they will force the location of her people’s mountain home from her and kill her. To make matters even worse, the person she is to kill is only a man struggling to save his dying land and mend a broken heart.
Count Stefan is a man simply trying to forget the woman he loves and save a land crippled by drought. When a mysterious woman arrives at his castle claiming to be a seamstress, he knows she is more than she seems.
Adela enlists the help of Damian, another faery, to try and delay the inevitable. He insists she has a choice. But with the witch controlling her every move, does she?
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Claire Banschbach was born and raised in Midland, TX, the fourth of eight children. She was homeschooled through high school and is now a proud member of the Texas A&M University class of 2014. She is currently working on her Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Texas Tech University Health Science Center. She continues to write in her spare time (and often when she doesn’t have spare time). She hopes her strong foundation in God will help to guide her writing.
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