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Claire becomes the hunted in a dangerous game when she travels to a world history books claim doesn't exist.
The account was more than five hundred years old—the last remnant of an ancient tribe.
Together with the help of her friends, Claire must use an ancient relic and find her brother before the Shadow Man finds her. She becomes the hunted in a dangerous game that threatens a nation that is the stuff of legend. Along the way she will learn that the best gifts are the ones you never expect to find.
Excerpt
Bad day...
“Why didn’t you tell them you were a virgin? You know…back there.” I had to know.
“Because then it would have been somebody else.”
“Oh.”
“It doesn’t matter now,” she whispered, looking through me.
I took her cold hand and squeezed it tight. “I’ll get you out of here. Don’t worry.”
And I would too, I vowed. I took another long look at the girl who had said ‘because it would have been somebody else’ and knew that my promise would not be empty.
“Claire!” Aries was whispering urgently now.
I snapped out my private thoughts and twisted around to see what had her so upset.
“What?” I whispered back, still looking around at the quiet dusk of the forest. Where was the fire? I wondered. Fire…my eyes lit up and I sat up a little straighter as an idea occurred to me. I could set the guard station on fire. I could lock the door and set the guard station on fire. It was perfect. We were saved.
“Claire!” Aries hissed.
“What? Listen, I’ve got a plan to get us out of here. I’m going to lock the bastards in the guard shack tonight and light it on fire.”
“Oh, that’s brilliant.”
“I know!”
“So, after we set everyone on fire, we run for it?”
“Exactly!”
“Of course, but—Claire?”
“Hmm?”
“One question?”
“Sure.”
“Do you have a lighter?”
“Do I have a—”
“Yes, a lighter, or matches. Do you have either one?”
“Well, no, but—”
“And there’s no lock on the guard shack.”
Well, damn. See what stress will do to you?
“Then we will tie the doors shut and rub sticks together.” I gave Aries a look that dared her to argue with such logic.
“Uh huh,” she grunted and shifted her back against the tree behind us. She crossed her arms over her chest and a sad, wistful smile curved her mouth as she shook her head.
“It’s still a good plan, damn it.”
“Sure it is.”
“Now, what was so important a few minutes ago?”
“You had that look in your eyes.”
“Excuse me?”
“The one that says you’re about to do something stupid—”
“I don’t see what’s stupid about trying to get us out of here,” I snapped.
“Like take on twelve armed guards with a twist tie and a match,” she finished.
I glared at her for a minute before I was forced to concede her point.
“Okay, maybe so, but if that guard shack had a lock and I had a lighter, those asshole-bastards would be in serious trouble.”
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