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    A Little Support : A Sands of Time Short Story
    A Little Support : A Sands of Time Short Story
    A Little Support : A Sands of Time Short Story
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    A Little Support : A Sands of Time Short Story

    By Chera Carmichael

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    Soula's had a rough day. More of a headache than she wants to think about, but returning home to her Bonded doesn't bring immediate comfort. Sometimes dragel family dynamics are really the worst...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChera Carmichael
    Release dateJun 29, 2022
    ISBN9798201650858
    A Little Support : A Sands of Time Short Story
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    Chera Carmichael

    Chera Carmichael (aka Scioneeris) to her TBDH fans is a Writer by night and a 9-to-5 worker by day. Her dragel stories feature slow-burn Poly romances featuring dragons, soulmates, elemental powers and otherwordly adventures.

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      A Little Support - Chera Carmichael

      A Little Support

      A Little Support

      A Sands of Time Short Story

      Chera Carmichael

      Chera Carmichael

      Copyright © 2022 by Chera Carmichael

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      This is a work of fiction. All resemblances to any persons alive or dead is entirely coincidental.

      Cover design by Starlight Book Covers

      Editing by Excel Designs

      Contents

      The Tags

      This story is…

      1. A PROBLEM - SOULA

      2. ASKING FOR HELP - SOULA

      3. A SISTER’S SUPPORT - DAHLIA

      4. RESULTS - SOULA

      Also by Chera Carmichael

      About the Author

      GLOSSARY

      Have You Read The Prequel?

      Author’s Note

      The Tags

      To my faithful readers who requested my ‘rambling fic tags’. This is for you. I now tag short story #1 as:

      Sister sibling issues. Soula needs a hug. Soula gets a hug. There are cuddles. Deveraine sibling squabbles. Dahlia is a good sister. She tries. Soula is trying too. Mama Alma to the rescue!

      This story is…

      Set between Book 3 (Shifting Sands) and before Book 4 (Sorrowful Sands) at any point where Soula has time to socialize.

      1 A PROBLEM - SOULA

      Soula stormed through the front door, her magic flaringly wildly around her as she blazed through the entryway, down the hall and right through to the kitchen. The guardian shadows at the front door and entrance hall, flared in a slight panic, dashing away from her warpath.

      It was a wonder she detoured long enough to cut into

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