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  She snuggled into his embrace and breathed deeply of their scent.

  "They let us have this one to ourselves." Her amazement was unmistakable.

  "They will wait until we are wed. Eshkar told me as much. They don't want our child born out of legality."

  She sighed. "Things would be simpler if we weren't us."

  He pressed a kiss to her forehead as she started to drift. "If we weren't us, we would never have met, so I will take whatever Eshkar brings from this point on without complaint. In you, I have the one thing I never thought to wish for."

  She smiled sleepily against his neck. "Haros can now take lessons from you."

  His chuckle soothed her into a dream-filled sleep where children with blue and lavender eyes played endless rounds of hide and seek and the stars were content.

  Author's Note

  Welcome to my one hundredth solo story. That's right 100! Yes, there have been co-writes, yes, there have been teeny stories for the anthologies of Extasy books, but for books that depended solely on me, this was number 100.

  Whee!

  An odyssey that started on February 14th, 2006 with Wardstone has now spanned over five universes and nine series has now reached a point that I never thought I would achieve.

  Not all of the books may be gold, but they are out and someone has enjoyed them somewhere.

  Thank you for picking up Captive of the Stars. It marks the fourth book of the Hashka Chronicles, a series I enjoy writing simply for the fact that I don't have to cross the books or make room for a sequel.

  Viola Grace

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  About the Author

  Viola Grace was born in Manitoba, Canada where she still resides today. She really likes it there. She has no pets and can barely keep sea monkeys alive for a reasonable amount of time. Her line of day job tends to be analytical which leaves her mind hopping to weave stories. No co-worker is safe from her character analysis. In keeping with busy hands are happy hands, her hobbies have included cross-stitch, needlepoint, quilting, costuming, cake decorating, baking, cooking, metal work, beading, sculpting, painting, doll making, henna tattoos, chain mail, and a few others that have been forgotten. It is quite often that these hobbies make their way into her tales.

  Viola's fetishes include boots and corsetry, and her greatest weakness is her uncontrollable blush. Her writing actively pursues the Happily Ever After that so rarely occurs in nature. It is an admirable thing and something that we should all strive for. To find one that we truly like, as well as love.