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All Things Impossible
Crown of the Realm
Author: Dalton Reed
Editor: Thomas Szott
Cover Art: Ashlee Barkley
Copyright 2009. Dalton Reed.
All Rights Reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-578-02325-0
First Edition, printed May 2009
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Dedication: Thomas Szott, who convinced me that these stories were worth writing.
Prologue
"We won't leave you!" Prince Edillon choked on his words. His younger brother pressed into his side and nodded vigorously.
"You will!" King Valladen's thundered in a voice that left fading echoes throughout the garden. His older son realized that he never looked so regal before, or so sorrowful. Would he truly never see that again? His father's golden hair shimmered like the sunlit prairie, and his sea blue eyes stirred with the power of a thousand storms.
In the back of his mind, the son wondered if he could ever be that extraordinary. But right now, he desperately prayed he would never have to find out.
"You will go now, my sons. You have a chance. Meet your guards and do not tarry for they will be upon you."
"No!" The older son dropped to his knees. "I can't think of life without you!" His throat ached with strangled words that he could not force out. This was too sudden! This c