The Fox's Mask (Kitsune Trilogy #1)
by Anna
Frost
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BLURB:
Demon
hunter Akakiba keeps many secrets from his human companion. The fact he's a
werefox isn't the worst one.
In
feudal Japan, magic is dying. As a demon hunter, Akakiba finds this
problematic. The evil he's been trained to destroy is disappearing and, along
with it, the shape-shifting abilities of the clan he left behind. With his only
companion, a determined young human named Yuki, Akakiba traverses the country
slaying demons and performing odd jobs.
But
when an army of demon-possessed humans masses to exterminate his clan, Akakiba
must put aside old feuds and protect his family–-all while hiding an important
secret from Yuki. Will they find a way to defeat the demon possessed before
it's too late? With magic dwindling, will it matter either way?
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Excerpt
Three:
Akakiba found Jien and Sanae waiting outside, the latter
wearing an expression too perfectly innocent to be genuine.
Jien, on the other hand, wasn’t even trying to hide his
eavesdropping. “I take it you’re still not interested in marriage, Aki?”
“Don’t make me hit you.”
“I’ll try. I
don’t want you to hurt yourself.”
Sanae giggled, and Akakiba gave her an alarmed look. When a
young woman started giggling at a man’s stupid jests...
It wouldn’t be bad news for Sanae to be interested in the
opposite sex since, as his dear mother said, they needed to produce all the
kits they could, but Jien wasn’t a suitable candidate!
Whirling round, he kicked Jien’s legs from under him. By the
time the monk hit the floor, there was a sword inches from his face.
Jien peered up at him. “Ow. What was that for?”
“If you ever touch my sister,” he warned with all the threat
he could muster, “I will dismember you, piece by piece, and I will leave the
remains to feed wild beasts.”
Sanae gripped his sword arm, trying to force it up.
“Brother! Put that away!”
“Please, Aki,” Jien said with a snort. “I knew that without
you saying it.”
“Good.” His sword slid home. What was it about Jien that
rubbed him the wrong way? Everything, possibly.
Lifting himself from the floor, Jien brushed and
straightened his clothes. “You make it hard to be your friend.”
“I’m not your friend.”
“You saved my life. In my opinion, that makes us friends for
life.”
“If I’d known you’d be pestering me forever, I wouldn’t have
bothered.”
“Hindsight is such a wonderful thing, isn’t it?”
Sanae was glaring. “Brother, that’s no way to behave with a
guest! Jien is an honorable man, and I need no protection from him. I would also
say you have no right to pretend to care about my virtue after abandoning me
for three years! Honestly! What’s the matter with you?”
It wasn’t his habit to defend himself, but in this case, it
seemed important to tell the entire truth. “Jien’s about as honorable as a
snake! When we first met he told me he’d been wounded by a demon and beseeched
me to carry him over the hill to a village where he might get treatment. I
later learned that, in truth, he’d been caught spying on bathing girls. Their
guardian had beaten him up and thrown him out of the village so he couldn’t get
treatment there!”
“It was an accident,” Jien said. “I got lost, and hearing
voices, tried to follow them. That’s how I plunged headfirst into the hot
springs. And that old woman was as frightful as any demon I’ve ever seen!”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Anna
Frost is a Canadian girl who spends winters writing and dreaming of summer. An
overdose of Japanese culture and media has led her to write fantasy inspired by
Japanese mythology. In a shocking break with literary tradition, Anna does not
live with cats. Instead she lives with chinchillas, which can be just as
demanding and evil as cats.
Author
links:
www.annafrost.ca
https://twitter.com/Frostanity
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6452110.Anna_Frost
Buy
links:
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http://www.amazon.com/The-Foxs-Mask-ebook/dp/B009SZNN5W
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http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/247839
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