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The Diamond Heartstone by Leila Brown

The Diamond Heartstone

Leila Brown

The Diamond Heartstone by Leila Brown

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are

products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to

be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales,

organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

The Diamond Heartstone

ISBN: 978-1-60088-193-0

Cover Artist: Emma Petersen

Editor: Devin Govaere

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The Diamond Heartstone by Leila Brown

Dedication

There are so many wonderful people who helped me get to where I

am today. First and foremost, my husband. Thank you for believing in me,

pushing me, dragging me, reading for me and editing for me. I can never

express my thanks for all the things you've done for me.

To my beta readers Nakia, Nicole, and Chaya. You were right, the

book is good. Thanks for reading for me.

To Grandma, thanks for always telling me I could do anything.

And finally to my children. Thanks, Andre, for keeping me on my

toes, physically and mentally. And to Mason and Leila, you are my

constant inspiration.

The Diamond Heartstone by Leila Brown

Prologue

Belusian Prime, Theta Galaxy

‚You have the credits?‛ The woman in the dark hood reached out to

him with a wrinkled hand from the dark shadows of the abandoned

transport room.

Barrick held out the small black card charged with one hundred

thousand credits. An extreme amount. But he was willing to pay any

amount for her services. Her knobby fingers snagged the card without

ruffling the fur lining his hand. Faster and more agile than she looked.

She put the card into a reader. Three beeps later and he could almost

see the grizzly white of her smile. It seemed jagged. Like an animal who

knew how to render flesh from bone.

‚Ahh We are agreed I need just one more thing from you‛ The

woman reached out to him again. This time she bypassed his hand and

ground her palm against the fur on his chest. Her furless skin felt warm

and smooth.

She flexed her fingers and white-hot blinding pain pulsed through

him. Her fingers seemed to slip through his skin. They closed around his

heart and squeezed the organ He couldn’t breathe couldn’t move Was

she trying to kill him? Had he been duped? Unfortunately, this part of the

ship was barely used since each of the crew now had personal wrist

transporters.

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