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    The Strongest Ring (A YA Short Story)
    The Strongest Ring (A YA Short Story)
    The Strongest Ring (A YA Short Story)
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    The Strongest Ring (A YA Short Story)

    By Laura Bradley Rede

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    Seventeen year old Beck doesn’t consider herself a tree-hugger. With her multi-colored dreadlocks and her combat boots, she’s more at home working at Criminal Records Music than taking a stroll in the woods. Then she falls for Jordan, a handsome vampire activist who remembers Earth’s past and wants to save its future. But will Jordan’s friends accept Beck’s help? Or will they decide that humans are the problem – and the solution is wiping them out? A hopeful environmental message shines at the heart of this YA short story by Writers of the Future award winner Laura Bradley Rede,author of the YA paranormal series The Darkride Chronicles.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLaura Bradley Rede
    Release dateApr 18, 2013
    ISBN9781301367948
    The Strongest Ring (A YA Short Story)
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    Laura Bradley Rede

    Laura Bradley Rede lives in Minneapolis with her wonderful partner, their three kids, two giant dogs, and a flock of chickens. She is Writers of the Future Award winner and author of the YA paranormal DARKRIDE and its sequel CROSSFIRE, as well as the NA paranormal KISSING MIDNIGHT. You can find her at www.laurabradleyrede.com.

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      The Strongest Ring

      Copyright © 2013 Laura Bradley Rede

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      The Strongest Ring

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      I fell in love with Jordan from behind.

      No, not like that, you dirty mind. I’m talking about the tattoo.

      It was three p.m. on a Friday. I had just gotten off my shift at Juvenile Records (music so hot you’ll want to steal it) and headed next door to Mug Shots for my afternoon caffeine. I was standing behind him in line when I noticed it, tattooed across the back of his neck, a single word: Unless.

      It made me smile while the barista took his order (organic, fair trade, shade grown, black). I fully intended to say something clever as soon as he turned around. But when he actually did, I couldn’t say anything at all. The sight of him knocked the words right out of me: deep brown eyes

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