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    Gossamer Threads
    Gossamer Threads
    Gossamer Threads
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    Gossamer Threads

    By Meyari McFarland

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    The thread slid over Ashanti's fingers, softer than baby's hair, finer than a spider web.

    Weaving a new marriage for two people was a heavy task but one Ashanti took on with joy. Her stitches would shape their lives for decades, transforming separate individuals into a happily married couple.

    With two such different individuals weaving a life together took extra thought, effort and sacrifice.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMDR Publishing
    Release dateApr 3, 2016
    ISBN9781311394644
    Gossamer Threads
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    Meyari McFarland

    Meyari McFarland has been telling stories since she was a small child. Her stories range from SF and Fantasy adventures to Romances but they always feature strong characters who do what they think is right no matter what gets in their way. Her series range from Space Opera Romance in the Drath series to Epic Fantasy in the Mages of Tindiere world. Other series include Matriarchies of Muirin, the Clockwork Rift Steampunk mysteries, and the Tales of Unification urban fantasy stories, plus many more. You can find all of her work on MDR Publishing's website at www.MDR-Publishing.com.

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      Gossamer Threads - Meyari McFarland

      Gossamer Threads

      By Meyari McFarland

      Other Books by Meyari McFarland:

      Matriarchies of Muirin:

      Tales from the Dana Clanhouse

      Repair and Rebuild

      Storm Over Archaelaos

      Coming Together

      Facing the Storm

      Fitting In

      Following the Beacon

      Mages of Tindiere:

      Artifacts of Awareness

      City of the Dead

      Transplant of War

      Running From The Immortals

      Hearts of Magic

      Triumph of the Artificer Mages

      Debts to Recover:

      The Nature of Beasts

      The Manor Verse:

      A New Path

      Following the Trail

      Crafting Home

      Finding a Way

      Go Between

      Clockwork Rift

      Blood Worms

      Copyright ©2016 by Mary Raichle

      Cover image © Pleprakaymas | Dreamstime.com - Female Hand Stitching Cloth Photo

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be emailed to me_ya_ri@yahoo.com

      This book is also available in TPB format from all major retailers.

      Dedication:

      This story is dedicated to, as always happens when I have stories with sewing, my grandmother. Incredible seamstress, bold adventurer and wonderful woman all around: Thank you for teaching me to love fabric and sewing.

      Table of Contents

      Gossamer Threads

      Finding A Way

      Afterword

      Gossamer Threads

      The thread slid over Ashanti's fingers, softer than baby's hair, finer than a spider web. It glimmered purple in the light from the window. Dust motes cast tiny rainbows over it or maybe the light striking the edge of the thread set off the rainbows. Ashanti smiled. Hardly mattered.

      She smoothed the thread, carefully holding it up so that the strand spun where it hung from her fingertips. A kink formed halfway, the thread forming a loop that Ashanti carefully smoothed, eased, teased into flatness. Better. A kink like that could start a knot and then she'd lose half the thread as she stitched.

      As expensive as it was, Ashanti wouldn't risk losing even a finger's breadth of the thread.

      The door creaked as Cat pushed his way inside. Ashanti hissed, smacked her free hand against the floor. Cat hissed right back and ran out of the room. She didn't blame Cat for being annoyed. The sewing room had the widest windows in the house, and the best, softest cushions right underneath. It was a perfect place for stretching out to nap in a puddle of golden sunlight. At least if you were a cat.

      But Ashanti couldn't risk Cat's fur getting all over the weaving so Cat was banned from the room until she was done. She'd end up with scratches for sure. Cat never did hold back the claws when he was annoyed and being kept from his favorite napping spot was sure to do it.

      She shifted on the low stool, nodded at the thread. Nice and straight now. Perfect.

      When she started the project for Lord Alexis, second son of the Riva Clan, Ashanti had cleaned out her sewing room. She'd taken down all the other wall hangings, bright embroidery and delicate cloth too distracting against what Lord Alexis had requested. What he'd supplied. She'd removed the blankets covering the stools, swept and mopped the floors, dusted every square inch of the sewing room so that it was as pristine as the day it was built.

      How else was she to weave a new life?

      Lady Gwynedd, their Lady of

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