The power of healing flows through Trevor's veins. Pain summons him whether he likes it or not. The nearby villagers have taken advantage of his inability to ignore their suffering, and if he lets it go on, the effort might kill him. This story is part of ILAURIS TALES, a collection of stories set in the sword & sorcery fantasy realm of Ilauris.

Aine loves horses, her parents, her home, and her minor magical gift of animal empathy. If only the sheriff's son would take no for an answer, her life would be great. When a stranger staggers into her life, bleeding to death in the middle of winter, she'll have to confront what she knows to figure out what she doesn't to get things back to normal. If they ever can be normal again. This story is part of the ILAURIS TALES collection, a series of fantasy stories set in a magical world.

THESE LADIES AREN'T WAITING. Twenty bestselling and award-winning authors offer enchanting tales of women and girls forging paths through darkness and peril. Cleverness, curiosity, and determinations make worthy heroines in fantastical new worlds. Contents Falcon's Apprentice / Jody Lynn Nye She Remembered / Lee French Alive / Raven Oak Thorn Girl / Connie J. Jasperson The Princess and the Dragon / Robyn Bennis Ashna's Heart / Robert J. McCarter Aptitude / Matt Youngmark Warmaster / Ian Berger and Lou J. Berger Princess Last Picked / Dawn Vogel Yendy Loves Rattlescale / Elmdea Adams Water and Light / Katie Cross Low is the Land / Fulvio Gatti Calamity / Edward J. Knight Not a Whisper / Sarah Bartsch Hope Beyond Death / Jeremy Zimmerman Balancing the Scales / Esther Jones and Frog Jones Remember to Thank Your Healer / Jeffrey Cook and Katherine Perkins