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Amber Chronicles Collection: Emme, a witch and the heir to the throne of the world called Amber is banished from her home to find love. She believes she can command a man to love her but this does not work. Angry at being told no by the crown prince of Rivand she casts a spell on the Riva family. Every hundred years when the moon is full at the summer solstice she will call the crown prince. If he refuses to cede his love to her he will enter the amber orb and vanish. Four times she fails and the princes find adventure on other worlds. One turns an enchanted amber dragon into a princess. The second is imprisoned in an amber tower and must select a bride. The third must free the heroine from an amber cage. Emme slowly learns her lesson and returns to spend her childhood with the fourth prince. Hoping knowing each other will help. She has fallen in love with the crown prince and enters the amber orb in his place. Can Emme who is Cast in Amber be freed and gain the love she has sought for all those years?
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FOUR STARS! The witch's curse of zapping princes into an amber orb is one of my favorites. This story is the fate of the very first prince. It reads much like a fairy tale, where at least one moral is to be learned.
EXCERPT:
The Amber Orb
Strains of music wafted from the ball room of the Amber Palace
With great effort Emme capped her anger. Lysanda would pay just as her
other sisters had. As the oldest, she should have been the first to find a
bridegroom. Envy twisted with jealousy to form a rope binding her thoughts.
This prince should be here for he was the last of the eligible ones in this
world called Amber suited for training as a wizard and destined to sit on the
amber throne beside Emme’s.
The scent of roses, jasmine and bluet filled the air with their sweet
breath. The heavy aroma pressed against her forcing Emme to gasp.
She heard light tapping of slippers on the stones and knew Lysanda
approached. Her sister expected to find Prince, what was his name, waiting to
declare his love. Then amber lights would radiate across the night sky
announcing Emme had failed again. That would not happen.
Lysanda came into view. Her hair, a few shades darker than Emme’s pure
amber tones, hung in ringlets down her back. “Where is Rendel?” she asked.
“Looking for you,” Emme said. “I sent him to the Tower of Sighs
“Why?”
Emme stepped toward her sister. She smiled at the alarm in Lysanda’s pale
blue eyes. Only Emme’s matched the blue of a summer sky. “You stole him. He was
to be my prince.”
Lysanda asked. “He fell in love with me. His heart once given can never
change.” She stepped closer. “Don’t think to take him from me. That is
impossible.”
Emme fisted her hand on her hips. “I have no desire for a man who chose
another over me. I’m sure he believes he will be able to rule you for your
power is small and you can never sit on the amber throne. You have taken my
last chance for love and rulership. I will take what he feels is important from
you.”
Lysanda tore her gaze from Emme’s face. “What do you mean?”
“Face me, sister. Power against power or are you afraid?”
“I fear no one. I am a witch with power equal to yours.”
Emme heard a slight tremor in her sister’s voice. Knowledge filled her.
She would drain Lysanda and leave her weak. Three times before she had faced a
sister and won. She would win this time as well.
She drew the wind to eddy around Lysanda in wispy bands to speed and
tightened them. One by one Lysanda broke the restraints. With each snap, Emme
absorbed the power of the breaking.
Emme set the torches of the garden blazing. Tendrils of fire flowed
toward her sister.
Lysanda gathered the flames and sent burning orbs toward Emme. “You will
not win.”
Emme pulled water from the fountain. Fire and water met turning to steam
shrouding the air with sizzling vapor. With slow steps Emme moved through the
mist. The earth shook beneath her feet. Lysanda’s body wove in an attempt to
remain standing.
Emme grasped her sister’s wrist. “Cede to me.” She drained the essence of
magic from her sister’s cells.
“A curse I cry.” Lysanda’s shrill voice pierced Emme’s concentration.
“Long will you search. Until you can give with forcing and demanding you will
be alone.”
Those words forced Emme to release her sister. Lysanda slumped to the
ground. Four times one of her sisters had shouted the same curse. Four times a
sister had survived. She raised her hand and released all she’d taken from
Lysanda. Brilliant flashes of light colored the night sky with all the colors
possible except for amber.
She heard the sound of pounding boots. The prince stepped into view.
“What have you done?”
“What I had to. Lysanda remains a witch and in a hundred years or so she
will recover. You will never become a wizard. You will never rule the world
called Amber.
The prince drew his sword and stalked toward her. “Why have you done this
to my beloved?”
“You chose the wrong sister as those before you have done. Take her.
Announce your betrothal. You can’t defeat me. You are the last to try.”
The sword slipped from his hands. Lysanda stirred. He lifted her into his
arms. “My love.” He glared at Emme. “You will never find love until you love
another more than you love yourself.”
Emme turned and strode from the garden. Why didn’t triumph fill her? Her
life had been destroyed. There would be no chance to take her rightful place.
She hurried to her tower. Why did the shimmer amber walls seem cloaked with
gray? Instead of going to her room at the tower’s peak where the city spread
before her, she fled to the dark basement and sat in a shadowed corner.
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2 comments:
What an original concept, Janet!
Lisabet, 'Tis said I have a twisted mind.
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