Chapter 1: The Flight
_The cool, crisp mountain air flows out from the treed cliffside, disturbing the leaves' peaceful rest,_ before whistling down the side of the cliff into the misty forest below. The cliffs, maroon in the setting sun, drop nearly vertically from the lip...
Hidden: Chapter 3
The bed creaks beneath me in protest as I lean forward, smiling widely. "Thanks for the welcome," I say eagerly. "Thankfully, you weren't wearing tight jeans," Nick says, after a moment of silence. "I've had a couple of mentees rip through a pair of...
Hidden: Chapter 2
My eyes slide open to the darkness of my room, just before dawn. Eight days have passed since Ryan unleashed the Servian information on me, and more changes have begun to show up, both during and between transformations: hair has begun to grow on my...
Hidden: Prologue
I have something they don't. And that makes me a target. I tell this tale now as a warning, a caution, to those of you like me. They are coming for us. I expect them to find us. And when they find us...they will kill us. The names in this book are...
Hidden: Chapter 4
I wake to the warm light of the morning sun. I can't tell what time it is from the intensity of the light, but I'm disappointed that I woke up past sunrise. At least it happened on Sunday, though, and not a school day. I stretch, yawning, pulling my...
Chapter 1
I yawn widely as the blacktop in front of me simmers in the blazing sun. The New Orleans humidity makes it worse, and I feel like the sun beats down on my skin, despite sitting in the shade of a large oak tree. Green light filters down through the...
Prelude
I have something they don’t. And that makes me a target. I tell this tale now as a warning, a caution, to those of you like me. They are coming for us. I expect them to find us. And when they find us...they will kill us. The names in this book are...
Chapter 6
“Bend your knees!” Sweat drips into my eye, and I blink it away, staring across the room at Max. We’ve been sparring for hours, and though Ryan can obviously see I’m tired, he hasn’t called it off yet. I can understand why, unfortunately: I have...
Chapter 3
The bed creaks beneath me in protest as I lean forward, smiling widely. “Thanks for the welcome,” I say eagerly. “Thankfully, you weren’t wearing tight jeans,” Nick says, after a moment of silence. “I’ve had a couple of mentees rip through a pair of...
Chapter 5
I open my eyes to the darkness of pre-dawn the next morning, inwardly cringing at how dry they are--I must have cried heavily overnight, judging from that and my damp pillow. I roll onto my left side, staring at the window as the sky slowly brightens...
Chapter 2
My eyes slide open to the darkness of my room, just before dawn. Eight days have passed since Ryan unleashed the Servian information on me, and more changes have begun to show up, both during and between transformations: hair has begun to grow on my...
Chapter 4
I wake to the warm light of the morning sun. I can't tell what time it is from the intensity of the light, but I'm disappointed that I woke up past sunrise. At least it happened on Sunday, though, and not a school day. I stretch, yawning, pulling my...