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  “You mean Juliana.”

  “One of which will be Juliana,” he nodded, and I felt something inside me snap, a cruel streak I hadn’t known existed until that moment rearing its ugly, vicious head.

  “She’ll never come around. She didn’t love you enough to hang on, that’s the reality, and you’re just prolonging her agony and yours by believing you can still be together.”

  Donavan slammed his hands on the edge of Sebastian’s table, his face a storm cloud of fury barely contained. I glared back at him, not backing down for an instant.

  “You’ve doomed him to be nothing more than a shell of a man,” I hissed. “Don’t expect me to play nice anymore. Maybe instead of Juliana coming back, you should take the Nevermore shot and go to her.”

  Donavan’s eyes widened then narrowed. “You know nothing Mara; you’re a desperate, foolish little girl who thinks love can conquer all. It can’t. I should know.”

  He turned to walk out of the room, but I stopped him with a single phrase, something I remembered from a silly little calendar. “Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence.”

  Donavan paused, but didn’t look back. “You know nothing.”

  I didn’t answer him, only pressed my hands to Sebastian’s slowly rising and falling chest, praying that the remedy would work.

  Donavan left, flicking the overhead lights off and plunging Sebastian and me into a semi-darkness, lit only by beeping machines, the silence filled by the steady drip of the IV.

  I whispered into that gray light, holding onto my husband for all I was worth.

  “Come back to me Sebastian, my love, my heart. Come back to me.”

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  Acknowledgments

  Again I’ve been blessed to work with a fabulous team, Jessica Klassen (editor), Melissa Breau (copy editor), Dr. Kathie M. Black (proof reader) and to my wonderful Beta readers who take the time to read a novel when it’s at its roughest, again, thank you!

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  In Memory

  I’d like to dedicate Bound to the memory of Kelly Berthelot, who was first a client, then a friend and finally my copy editor for Sundered. You were a bright spot in this world, a girl whose time ran short too soon. Your memory will live on in those around you who had the honour of knowing you and being part of your life.

  My friend, you will be greatly missed, but with each word I type and consider where to place the comma, or whether or not I should use a semi-colon instead of “and” I will remember you.

  Rest in peace Kelly.

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  A Zombie-ish Apocalypse Book II

  Shannon Mayer

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