Description:
Eden Daylesford is a sixteen- year old Nephilim girl stuck smack bang in the middle of a war between angels and demons. And the bad thing is, she shares both of their blood.
When her mother takes her to the Michaelite Sanctuary in London to try and get rid of the deadly trait that has started to appear - one that hasn’t been seen in a long time. It could stop Eden from forming any sort of relationship with anyone, including the tempting Asher. Eden has no idea just how powerful she is.
Will she learn to embrace her new ability and accept her new role, or go back to her old life of an ordinary human teenager?
Will she be tempted?
The enticing first book in the spin off novella series to The Legend of the Archangel. Set after events in The Chronicles of Fire and Ice.
EXCERPT
I ran so
fast I felt one with the wind. I couldn’t get out of there fast enough. Sooner or later my mother would track me down
but until then I’ll enjoy myself. As I entered the arcade I heard my name.
“Yo,
Eden.”
“Eden!
You escaped.”
I smiled
as I saw my friends approach. “Yeah I escaped the clutches of the evil demon.”
“You
shouldn’t joke about that stuff, it could be real,” said Zoe innocently. Zoe
was my best friend and still an innocent. Her boyfriend Mike thought he
understood all. Even though they were Nephilim too, I couldn’t let them learn
who my father was.
“It is
real, Zo. If there are angels, there are demons. You can’t have one without the
other.”
“Who
says?” I defended as I retrieve the air hockey puck out of the slot and place
it on the table. It begins sliding around in a small circle, waiting for me to
hit it.
“Says I.”
Mike took the position opposite me and waited. I narrowed my eyes and glared at
him. Zoe always says I do this thing with my eyes that could make every boy
swoon, but I don’t believe it. How could one person’s eyes make someone swoon?
As I wacked the air hockey puck, Mike seemed distracted by something, so the
puck sailed straight down into my goal at his end. The electronic voice
announced the score to be one nil and that seemed to break his reverie.
“Mike,
what happened? You were totally out of it.” Zoe placed a hand on his bicep.
“No, I
wasn’t.”
“Yes, you
were. You totally let Eden win.”
“It was
just a lucky shot,” I said in defence. I couldn’t let them think that somehow I
had something to do with Mike’s off-with-the-faeries moment. Did I? It couldn’t
be possible. I didn’t just cause Mike to space out and act as if he and I were
the only ones left on earth? Did I?
“That
never happens, baby.”
“Okay,
maybe this turn will be better.” Mike retrieved the puck out of the slot on his
side and placed it on the table, ready to hit. I stood ready, but this time I
was the distracted one. I couldn’t get the feeling out of my head that I had
revealed one of my powers to him. My mother said to never do that. But was it
even one of my traits? The air hockey puck sailed straight under me and landed
in his goal. One- all.
“Oh
yeah!” Mike hooted, but I didn’t feel like partying anymore. I walked away from
the table.
“Oh,
what’s the matter, Eden, afraid of being beat?”
“No, I
just don’t feel like playing anymore.”
“Oh, come
on! We were right in the middle of a game!”
I walked
away ignoring their pleas as the allure of the hoop game called me over. I had
just pushed a token in the slot and picked up a ball, when I heard my name. But
it wasn’t from Mike or Zoe.
“So this
is where you spend your runaway hours?” I glanced over my shoulder and saw the
creep standing behind me.
“Who are
you and what do you want?”
“Don’t
you see the family resemblance?” he smirked.
I turned
to take a good look at him, intrigued. The guy had to be about my mother’s age,
maybe a little older and had the same grey- blue eyes my mother has.
“Uncle
Adam?”
“In the
flesh. Now lets get out of here.”
I
chuckled as I turned back around and threw a ball at the highest scoring hoop.
It went in. “I am not going anywhere with you.”
Adam
clapped. “Good shot. But its not surprising, seeing whose blood you carry in
your veins.”
“Do you
mean yours and Mum’s, or…”
“Lakyn’s?”
He finished for her. “Either way, you have so many abilities you are not even
aware of, Eden. And some of them are quite dangerous.”
“How do
you know this?”
“I was
there from the moment you were born. Trust me, I know.”
I tossed
another ball in, this time in a lower scoring hoop and it went in as well. “I’m
still not going with you.” As I picked up a third ball and pushed it towards
the hoops, it froze mid- air. I gasped and looked back at my uncle. He
shrugged.
“Game
over.”
As he
walked away, the ball remained frozen.
“Wait,
how did you do that?” I asked, glancing back and forth from the ball to him.
“If you
come with me, I’ll tell you.”
“My
mother sent you, didn’t she?”
“She
might have.”
“So what
you just did, can I do that?”
“Everyone’s
traits are different, but probably. If you come with me, you can find out
more.”
“I can’t
just leave my friends.”
“Yes, you
can. You can always make new friends.”
I stopped
walking and looked at my friends playing the Daytona. Mike was showing Zoe how
to drive, which was really cute. And then I looked at my uncle, waiting
patiently outside the mouth of the arcade by a black town car. If I stayed, I
would never know what my traits would be, I would never learn how to use them.
But I would be a normal teenager, going to school and hanging out at the arcade
with her friends. If I went with my uncle, I would no longer be normal. I
wanted both lives. But the idea of having amazing powers intrigued me most. In
the end I chose door two. Looking back I regretted leaving my friends. But I
knew they would never understand. I knew deep down that I was made for a higher
purpose.
About the authors:
L.L. Hunter is an Australian author who began writing when she was fifteen or sixteen, originally song lyrics, but then moved onto fanfiction when she was nineteen, having published over 20 stories online- One of which was nominated for an award. She has also written, directed and starred in two original plays entitled, “No Frills Airlines: Flight 123,” and the sequel, “No frills Airlines: Come Fly with Us.” The latter of which was a musical.
She has studied everything from veterinary nursing, forensic science and dramatic arts but has always known her true calling to be writing.
Her hobbies include writing her books, reading, singing, acting, directing, watching movies, 50’s fashion and playing with her animals. When she is not writing she can be found reading somewhere comfortable with one or both of her ‘furbabies’.
1 comment:
Gosh! I simply love the cover!
And the description sounds pretty cool.
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