Regret (Lady of Toryn Trilogy) (23 page)

The light in the room was brightening, her
surroundings gaining an astonishing clarity with every passing moment. Ashlyn
glanced at Sara, who was standing a few feet away from Drake, holding a
clipboard and chewing nervously on her lower lip. She could see every detail of
the scientist’s finely pretty features, even noticing a tiny smudge on the lens
of the older woman’s glasses.

Strength was flowing through her muscles, enveloping
her entire body, and her skin was tingling. The blood was working. She was
healing. Heat unfurled in her core and began to spread through her limbs.
Ashlyn frowned. It didn’t…feel right. Something was wrong.

Pain spiked unexpectedly in her chest, and she
gasped, arching off the table as the agony blossomed out in a solid wave, the
heat sweeping through her body. It burned like someone had dumped a bucket of
hot coals on top of her, and Ashlyn wailed helplessly, desperate to escape the
feeling.

About the Author:

Charity Santiago is a native of southeastern Arizona and a
writer since childhood. She wrote her first manuscript,
Guinea Pig Code!,
at age nine. When she’s not writing books,
Charity spends her time wrangling children, watching Sylvester Stallone movie
and contributing to the entertainment section at the blog “The Creation
Experiment.”

Charity currently has four books published on Amazon Kindle:
A Carol for Ben,
a contemporary
holiday romance, and the Lady of Toryn trilogy, which consists of
Return, Regret,
and
Redemption
. She is currently hard at work writing
Blood Lust,
the first installment in a
sexy new paranormal romance series.

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