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The White Bull

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When a white bull escapes from the Royal Winter Fair and opens a portal to Faerie in David Andrew’s Toronto backyard, he worries the Inquisition might charge him with witchcraft, even though he doesn’t even believe in magic. But an attack by one of the fey that comes through the portal forces him to seek the bull’s owner, Ellen Napier, for a solution. Her refusal leads to a confrontation where they both lose loved ones. To save them, they reluctantly join forces only to discover that the threat from Faerie is greater than they had imagined. So, David must embrace magic to travel to Faerie to save those they’ve lost, while Ellen must defy Faerie’s power with rites that violate principles she once held dear.
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Chapter 1 - Prologue

Once upon a time, as the saying goes, 

there wandered a Bull with a coat 

as brilliant as the snow in sunshine and 

subtle as A Pearl Shimmering in Moonlight. 

The creature was, some said, related to the Minotaur 

skilled in the ways of mazes and hidden roads 

and able, 

when need was great, 

to create a passage where none had been before. 

So, my dears, if you have lost your way or find it blocked, you can always hold out a handful of oats and ask for aid. 

For though he is a magical being, he has a 

Bull's heart and will respond nobly to a sincere offer of food, 

and friendship. 

But take heed, 

for you must offer true friendship and nothing less. If his path leads to danger, he may call upon you,

and your peril may be greater than you can imagine, 

for he has enemies 

and they are myriad. 

His trespasses have threatened those who keep their secrets in shrouded places,

and he has offended those who view the 

boundaries he crosses as sacrosanct. 

But most of all, his freedom challenges those that seek dominion, for they are suspicious of his motives and jealous of his knowledge.

For you should know, my dears, 

that knowledge is power. 

And power creates its own enemies.