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Thief's Desire
by
Isabo Kelly
ISBN 1-55316-067-3
Published by LTDBooks
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author's
imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any person or persons, living or dead, events,
or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright ┬й 2002 Kat Tipton

Cover Art copyright ┬й 2002 Patricia Storms

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National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data

Kelly, Isabo, 1971-

Thief's desire [computer file]

ISBN 1-55316-067-3 (electronic) ISBN 1-55316-933-6 (REB 1100 1200)

I. Title.

PS3611.E445T48 2001 813'.6 C2001-902057-0

Prologue
"Master Caul?"

The hesitant voice of his assistant brought the old sorcerer out of his reverie. "Come in, Henry," he called
quietly over his shoulder. "Close the door."

For several minutes, Caul stared at the text before him, not seeing the words on the pages. A single
candle on the table next to his book sputtered and danced in the air movement from the closing door. He
didn't turn to face his assistant.

"You sent for me, Master," Henry said, matching the quiet tone of the older sorcerer. Henry was always
very good at reading his mood.

"Yes. You've seen the signs?" The calm resignation in his voice couldn't hide the current of worry. Or the
fear. Caul hadn't thought he would be alive when this time finally came about. An old man's hopes for a
quiet retirement. Some of the younger mages in the school believed the signs heralded the triumph of
good over evil. Caul knew the balance was precarious at best, the battle between the two forces still to