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“MACTUS” is FREE TODAY! Plus another Author insight and juicy Snippet!

“MACTUS” is Free today on Amazon!
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From almost everyone I talk to down to my family has asked, “Emily, how in the world did you come up with a name like “Mactus” for your novel?” TOO FUNNY…. how did I pick the name “MACTUS” for the Second Book of “The Light-Bearer Series”?
It seems like a very weird and almost made up name…. nothing mainstream of course like ‘Pride and Prejudice’ or ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’… you could sort of understand what happens in the book from title… a little bit.
Well, being that I am a person who has never been mainstream and kind of on the odd side… my strict Catholic upbringing is part of my life and what has shaped me. I am not a ‘card-carrying’ Catholic, but my life as a child did influence me and my thought processes. For example, I got to know just a little Latin… not much mind you… but enough.
“MACTUS”~means well-done in Latin! It is a term used to say, you did good job or great work of progress! I got to thinking and Tabbruis and Charmeine in this part of the series come together and decide to love each other even though it is forbidden. They also decide to fight the evilness of the world… together! That is what makes this novel so wonderful… they find the courage to live and live together no matter what prejudice or evil want to prevent them from doing so!
I hope you do enjoy “MACTUS” and relish the wonderful love, action, and intrigue these two characters from Heaven and Hell present!
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Heaven (Photo credit: irunandshoot)

As Charmeine appeared in Tabbruis’ dream he saw her being carried away in darkness. She was being tortured and beaten on the ‘Altar of Judgment’ lying there helpless and defenseless. The Elder came over and leaned down to bite into Charmeine…
Tabbruis tossed his head back and forth and roused himself out of sleep. He got up and ran to the Master Bath and Charmeine was gone. He looked around and saw her old clothes were on the bathroom floor with a used bath towel, but her shoes were gone. Tabbruis’ throat tightened, and he became very alarmed.
Quickly Tabbruis ran out the bedroom door and down the hallway. He opened the door to the wing and went out on the main stairway entrance landing. Tabbruis reached out with his senses and could feel Charmeine’s heart beating which made him instantly feel better. He heard very soft music coming from the Grand Hall downstairs.

English: Opening bars of Nocturne Op 55, No 2 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

As he started down the steps, he heard Dmitri whispering, “Charmeine is in the Grand Hall playing the piano.”
Tabbruis turned his head and saw his friend and brother standing by his door to his wing of the castle. Quickly, Tabbruis began to turn and head down the stairs.
Dmitri again whispered, “Charmeine will yield, my brother. I am sorry. She will not fight.”
Tabbruis’ heart began to break in a million pieces. His head was spinning, and he felt like he had been hit with a two ton truck. He turned and looked at Dmitri. With intent, he whispered, “Charmeine is strong. We will be a family as God intended us to be. She will fight for our family.”
Dmitri whispered, “Ah yes, your family is set as God planned it to be on the dreadful day of the battle in Heaven. However, Charmeine is a Light-Bearer; she is a light of God. This woman, Charmeine, is like the Son in the way she will sacrifice herself for those she loves. Tabbruis look into your heart, do you believe she will let any of you, her family, suffer for her?”
Tabbruis hung his head and asked with despair, “Dear God, how could you do this again to my family? How could you rip Charmeine away from me and our son, Shane?” He could hear the music coming up from the Grand Hall so sweet and beautiful. He began to tear quietly. Thoughts of Charmeine’s face raced in his memory. He could not lose her, not again. To keep his feet steady, he sat on the stair with his head in his hands. He said in a whisper, “I have seen it Dmitri. I know what you say is true. I cannot bear to think of the Earth with her not on it. I would rather go to Hell than be here without her.”
Dmitri came over to Tabbruis and put his hand on his shoulder. He whispered, “There is a solution to all of this Tabbruis. You know it in your own heart as well. Your family has something which is a great armor against its enemies, and it will bind you… it is love. If you have complete belief, nothing can tear or rip your family apart. All this requires is love.”
Tabbruis asked, “Dmitri, how can I convince her to stay?”

Dmitri whispered, “If Charmeine had something to fight for and someone to fight with… she will stay. However, if you shield her and do not give her power in knowledge and strength, she will yield to the Elder Council. My advice, my good and faithful brother, is to fight for her, fight beside her, and never try to shield her. Remember what I tell you. Heed what I say now above all else Tabbruis: Love her and believe in her. Charmeine is much stronger than anyone on the Earth can ever imagine.”
With that, Dmitri slipped back into his own wing of the castle.
As Tabbruis sat on the stairs, he put his head in hands full of anxiousness and worry. He wanted to yell and scream at Charmeine and chastise her for even thinking about sacrificing herself. Tabbruis was angry with the Elder Council, with God for separating his family again, and now he was angry with Charmeine for leaving him alone. Tabbruis gave her his heart and she was taking it with her. As he was walking down the stairs to Charmeine, he tried to believe there was a way out of the tunnel, just like Dmitri said.
Tabbruis sat himself down next to the door and was listening to his Charmeine play so sweet and adeptly. He never knew she was such a capable musician. Tabbruis thought again to himself, ‘Love… my family has love… we shall sit down and devise a plan. But tonight, I would like to see my Charmeine play.’
Tabbruis got up and quietly opened the door of the Grand Hall. He poked his head around the door, as to not disturb her. To see Charmeine play made his heart jump for joy. Charmeine was playing ever so lightly a Chopin Nocturne. He thought, ‘Which Nocturne is that?’ Then he began to finally recognize, Chopin’s Nocturne No. 2 in E flat.
Charmeine’s hands touched the keys gently. The music was coming forth tenderly. As she came to the end and the last note rang, she kept her fingers on the keys and let the instrument resonate until the vibrations died. Tabbruis said in a whisper, “Charmeine I love you.”
Charmeine was not startled like he thought she would be. She hung her head and was deep in thought. While her head was down, she answered, “I will love you always until the day I die, Tabbruis.”

Tabbruis has to convince Charmeine to fight!

Tabbruis stood her up and began to tenderly hug her. He then held her back and put one hand on her cheek ever so softly looking into her eyes. He closed his eyes and thought, ‘God, how can I convince her not to sacrifice herself for us, but to fight?’
Tabbruis began to kiss her gently and Charmeine opened her lips. He began to run his tongue over her lips and parted them touching her tongue gently. Charmeine began to moan and began to hold him close to her.
Tabbruis was so sad and heartbroken that he started to kiss her more passionately this time and held on to her in a tight embrace. He began to move his hands up and down her back and she moaned in delight.
It struck Tabbruis that Charmeine wanted to leave. He stopped kissing her suddenly and shouted, “No!” He turned pacing toward the window breathing heavily.
Charmeine was confused and asked, “Tabbruis? What’s wrong?”

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BOOK TRAILER of

“Charmeine,” “MACTUS” and “Accendo”
I hope you enjoy and please download your copy today!

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