Imperative: A Quinn Larson Quest (24 page)

“I could help you find that other way.” Lionel’s voice was quiet as though he hadn’t intended for the words to be spoken. As though speaking them gave me too much power to say no, or yes.

“I’m not a good teacher. I’m not patient in the best of cases and since I can’t see, I can’t tell if you are doing it right.” Aha, I’d get out of this with logic.

“You taught me the spell to contain Fionuir. If you can do that in the heat of battle…”

“I wasn’t in the heat of battle. And we were desperate. If you failed one way or another, it wouldn’t have gotten any worse.” I could feel the argument slipping out of my grasp.

“Quinn, please? I’ve learned more from you in the last two days than I learned in the whole time from Cate. She was great, but really nervous about giving me the green light.”

“As she should be. Apprentices have been known to cause a lot of damage.” I squirmed at the memory of some of the damage I had caused. “You deserve more than I can give.”

“Bullshit.” Lionel slammed down beside me on the couch. “Look, if you don’t want to commit, why don’t we agree to do this until you’ve got your sight back? Then we can decide how to go from there.”

“I don’t know.”

“You are almost out of bread and I don’t see any fruit here, you need groceries.”

Okay, he had a point and if I could find a way to get my sight back it would only be for a while. “Okay, until I can see again.” I hoped I wouldn’t regret this.

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I’ve been writing for years, and learning how to write better and better over that time. The first encouragement I received was a rejection from Harlequin, not a form letter but a personalized letter with ideas on what to change. Unfortunately, life got in the way, a career, university, and just having fun, took my focus away from writing until a few years ago.

Now, with the encouragement of friends, family and other writers, I’ve been publishing for three years. And I hope you enjoy my new series.