**Beginning’s End by M. Dalto**
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**M. DALTO**
**BIO**
M.
Dalto is a bestselling New Adult author of adventurous romantic fantasy
stories, having won a Watty award for excellence in digital storytelling for
her debut novel, Two Thousand Years, in 2016. She spends her days as a
full-time residential real estate paralegal, using her evenings to pursue her
literary agenda, and when she’s not writing, she enjoys reading fantasy
novels, playing video games, and drinking coffee. She currently lives in
Massachusetts with her husband, their daughter, and their corgi named Loki.
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**BEGINNING’S END**
Publication
date:
September 8th, 2020
Publisher:
Parliament House
Series:
The Empire Saga #3
Genres: Fantasy,
New Adult
**BLURB**
Ever since her unexpected
return to the Empire, all Queen Empress Alexstrayna wanted was to protect her
family. Despite of the life-altering events that occurred within the
Borderlands, her family – those that remained- were all she had left, and
as Empress is was her predestined duty to protect the while ensuring the safety
of the Empire.
But when the ever-threatening forces from the Borderlands
challenge all she has worked towards to maintain that peace, she must search
within herself to discover a new magic stronger than anything the Annals
have foretold before.
**EXCERPT**
When they first began rebuilding, the library was at the top
of the list of that which needed immediate restoration. It was where the most
damage had been done, for it was where Reylor and Treyan had fought over the
Annals. The magic the two brothers threw at each other paired with the protective
spells and wards surrounding the Annals reverberated throughout the palace,
with nowhere else to go but out. Most of the ancient tomes within the library
fell victim to the carnage, the windows shattering, the ceiling falling, and
the stability of the palace itself in question from the ensuing explosions.
The first thing she noticed as she closed the large wooden
doors behind her were the windows, the first part to be repaired to give the
library security from the elements. Through the dim candlelight that
glowed among the setting suns’ throughout the area, her heart sank as the panes
of glass were just that now—plain, clear panes, with not a hint of color like
the stained glass artwork that used to reflect their colors over the floor.
Sighing, she quietly walked over the remnants of the floor's
tile mosaic. Many of its parts and pieces had been shattered in the center of
the room where the Annals laid, vulnerable and protecting itself. Where the
circle of destruction once caved in, the floor had been repaired with plain
marble. She wondered if anyone would ever repair the mosaic to what it once
was, but she knew that the arts and creativity were the last of their concerns
at the moment, especially when war was imminent.
Alex’s boots echoed as she crossed the open foyer, the lack
of furniture and leather—bound books making the space feel more like a void
than an area of learning and knowledge. Her heart sank at the thought of all
that was lost, and which might never again be regained.
She didn’t mean just the knowledge that the library once
housed...
She wrapped her arms around herself, suddenly feeling a
chill in the large, open space as she kept a steady pace towards the repaired
windows and what stood before them.
Whoever had worked on repairing the library knew the
importance of their work, she gathered as she observed the empty wooden
pedestal that stood in front of the windows overlooking the palace gardens.
The empty wooden bookstand looked exactly as Alex remembered
it, as if all the destruction miraculously left it untouched. Its carvings were
decorative and its top flat and free of dust, as if it needed to remain
immaculate while it waited for its primary purpose to return. She brought a
hand to it, carefully running her fingers over the cool, smooth surface, and
she wondered if the Annals would ever return to their rightful place.
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