Midnight Blues (11 page)

“Are you insane? Blind?” I threw my arms out. “You
have
me.”

“I can never have you, just as I could never have her.” His thoughts filled my mind again, but this time with an aching longing.
Only you can choose to give yourself to me. Not as repayment of a favor, or in fear of me because I am male. Your choice must be made because you love me as I love you
.

I knew Reever had loved Cherijo. No man would have searched as long and as hard as he had for a woman unless she meant everything to him. He had joined the rebellion on Akkabarr and fought a war not his own rather than abandon his quest for my former self.

For a moment, I felt unworthy of this man and his love. I was not the woman for whom he had sacrificed so much, and yet he wanted me, and was apparently willing to settle for me—and love me in her place.

Could I be happy with that? “Iisleg men and women do not love each other. Love cannot… is not…” My vision blurred and the room began to whirl. “Stop doing that, or I will puke.”

“It isn’t me. The ship is making an inter-dimensional transition,” Reever said, his voice drawing near. “Close your eyes.”

Darea had warned me that it would be disorienting, and I squeezed my eyes shut as I felt arms come around me.

Joey
.

“Jarn. I am Jarn. I will never be anyone but Jarn.” My skin crawled as I realized it was not Reever who had called to me.

“Who…”

Joey
.

“Jarn?”

The two voices blended together, confusing me, and then they were lost in the darkness, as I was.

Since 2000, Lynn Viehl has published thirty-five novels in five genres. On the internet, she hosts Paperback Writer (
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If Angels Burn, Private Demon
and
Dark Need
. Lynn’s next Darkyn novel,
Night Lost
, will be released nationwide in May 2007

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StarDoc SF series:

StarDoc
January 2000 Roc SF/F ISBN 0451457730

Beyond Varallan
July 2000 Roc SF/F ISBN 0451457935

Endurance
January 2001 Roc SF/F ISBN 0451458141

Shockball
August 2001 Roc SF/F ISBN 0451458559

Eternity Row
September 2002 Roc SF/F ISBN 0451458915

Rebel Ice
January 3, 2006 Roc SF/F ISBN 0451460626

Plague of Memory
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Blade Dancer
August 2003 Roc SF/F ISBN 0451459261

Ring of Fire (Anthology; short story: A Matter of Consultation)
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Bio Rescue
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Paradise Island
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Dream Mountain
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The Deepest Edge
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The Steel Caress
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The Kissing Blades
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Into the Fire
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Heat of the Moment
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If Angels Burn
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Private Demon
October 2005 Signet Eclipse ISBN 0451217055

Dark Need
June 2006 Signet Eclipse ISBN 0451218663

Night Lost
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Going to the Chapel Home for the Holidays

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