Like sand in an hourglass, Allai’s future is dwindling away. She’s spent her entire life fighting the Mages who threaten humanity, and dreams of someday eradicating magic. But all it takes is an anonymous phone call for the truth to spill out: Allai is the one thing she despises most.
She’s a Mage.
Though ancient law mandates Allai’s death, she still has one last chance of survival. His name is Drake Rhaize, and he swears he can lead Allai to a sanctuary for Mages. Allai hasn’t seen Drake in years, but she remembers him as the Demon boy who used to hold her close and softly whisper that he’d keep her safe. But Drake has changed since then: He’s now suspected of murder, and has been out-casted for betraying his own kind.
While Allai doesn’t trust Drake, she has no choice but to put her life in his hands and hope he can get her to safety. Because Allai’s father has hired a pack of Demons to bring her back to him, dead or alive–and Demons never stop the hunt.
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AUTHOR BIO
Olivia Rivers
Olivia Rivers is a high school student, a literary agent intern, and an obsessive-compulsive reader. She has a slight obsession with Kootenai County in Idaho, and she’s pretty sure life will always be awesome as long as Irish accents exist. She lives with dysautonomia, a chronic medical condition affecting her nervous system. Portions of proceeds from her “Tortured Elements” series go toward supporting youth with dysautonomia.
Excerpt:
Luke
cleared his throat, bringing her thoughts back to the present. “So, about these
nightmares.”
“I
thought we changed the subject away from them.” Allai crossed her arms and
fingered the sleeves of the old t-shirt she used as a pajama top. She always
felt like her hands had to be doing something. The Demons she lived with were
constantly alert and responsive, so the least she could do was look active.
“You changed the subject,” Luke said. “I
never agreed to it. So how are you going to stop your nightmares?”
“You
said it yourself. They’re not just going to stop.”
“Of
course not. You have to make them
stop.”
“How
the hell do you expect me to do
that?” She took a deep breath, and then said in a calmer tone, “He tried to
kill me, Luke. You were there, you know the details. How am I supposed to just
push that memory away?”
“Don’t
push at it,” Luke said. “Just accept it. Embrace it, and then move on.”
There
was no way she could do that. Part of her wanted to; getting that memory out of
her head would be beyond relieving. But the other part wanted to remember,
because every memory she had of Drake Rhaize was a piece to a puzzle. And part
of her hoped that once she put together the entire puzzle, it would tell a
different story than her nightmare.
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