CLIFF-HANGER EXCERPT FROM PICTURE PERFECT LEGACY
Book #1 of the Halo Legacy Series
Heartwarming romances with a shadow of mystery
by Genie Gabriel
The earth rumbled and shifted beneath his feet, like the bowels of a great, hungry beast. The desperate need to survive drove him to run as the immense slide of earth bit at his heels, threatening first to bury him, then propelled him forward. He stumbled. Fell. Groping toward what he hoped was daylight and fresh air.
The cold breath of snow on his face drew him; teased him with hope as the earth nipped greedily at his heels. Would the rumbling never stop? Would the giant monster never be still?
The light ahead grew brighter as the rumbling grew angrier. He leaped the last few feet toward the opening, then collapsed. His body spent. His lungs burning with effort. The snow embraced him as the mountain blew one last angry breath, closing itself to the invasion of men seeking to rape its bounty. Covering him with the debris of its displeasure.
Hours later--or perhaps days--frosty flakes of snow melting on his cracked, swollen lips revived him; cooled the fire in his throat. The effort to move his arms brought intense pain. The rest of his body was immobile. Held in place by...
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