My name is
Trinity Liathain, typical human teenager to many. But reality is I’m a young
fae, split between two very different worlds. Just as I find a guy who I can be
myself with, my little corner of Blue Cove erupts in drama I’m not prepared
for. The gauntlet to a war that shouldn’t be mine is at my door, bringing
creatures that terrify and mesmerize me. I’m visited by ancient forces who for
some reason, think I’m the answer to
another dimension’s problems. They grant me tremendous power to protect myself.
From what, you ask? If my short journey through life has taught me anything,
it’s that the people closest to you, make the worst enemies.
Excerpt:
A tarantula the size of a
football crawled over my book, clear liquid dripping from its oversized fangs.
Where the venom touched, chunks of my book disintegrated.
The chair careened behind
me as I jumped to my feet. Adrian’s growl shook the windows, the only warning
of my stupid mistake. He reached for me too late. Mr. Conevetti’s stick arm
shot around my waist and dragged me over the desk.
“You can’t ssstop me.” His
mechanical screech resonated through my eardrums. “He wantsss her.”
I choked back a scream as
he gave up his glamour, revealing a horrific face caught between an alien and
an ant. I flailed, punching him in the neck, shoulder—anything my fist blindly
reached. His rock hard exoskeleton prevented his injury. Cuts broke out over my knuckles.
“Put her down,” Adrian
snapped, every pound the goblin royal.
“Trinity…” My name coming
from those pincers serving for a mouth was the single most horrible thing I’d
ever heard. He hissed at Adrian, who circled us.
I was not, nor ever would I
be a damsel in distress, waiting for her prince to save her. Not in this
lifetime, or the next. I sought any kink in his armor. I elbowed the bug man in
the face, gritting my teeth as his pincers sliced into my flesh.
He released me with a
surprised squeal. I landed wrong on my feet. My knees ached, but I ran. My
momentum propelled me toward the terminals. I jumped, my foot landing on the
chair. I was airborne, flying over the grotesque spider and the computers,
thrashing awkwardly on my descent. The back of my head slammed against the
opposite terminal, changing my trajectory.
I hit the floor, twisting my ankle. The shock of pain on top of
everything else forced a gasp from me.
The spider dropped,
scuttling across the floor.
“You all right?” Adrian
yelled. Under the row of desks, only legs were visible—a pair of jean-clad
ending in thick biker boots, and two sticks in loafers.
“I’m good!” I lied through
my teeth.
The spider scurried closer.
I ripped a keyboard out of its USB port, wielding it as a weapon. The thing
paused.
“Come on. I don’t have all
day.”
It jerked as if it
understood. It crept around me, I suppose seeking a weak spot. It lunged, and I
swung. I hit the rounded, furry body across the room like a baseball. It hit
the window with a sickening thump and didn’t move again. The acidic poison from
its fangs ate through the glass in a watery line. The rancid smell intensified.
I peeked over the walls of
the desk. Adrian darted and weaved, the skill of a fighter shocking me. Sure,
every now and then a guy might scrap, but this was taking it to another level.
Mr. Conevetti wasn’t fast enough for him.
They danced around each
other in a primal, masculine array. Adrian bared his teeth. “Trinity, for the
love of the Goddess, run!”
Sounded like a good plan to
me. But I couldn’t leave Adrian. Not with a psychotic bug fae. I tried to stand
and almost toppled. My ankle throbbed. I felt my heartbeat in my temple from
where I’d slammed my head. The pain twisted my stomach and sent bile up my
throat.
“Yousss will die in pain,
goblin. Yousss fear death, and me most of all.”
Adrian laughed. “I don’t
think so, cursed one. I came into this world kicking, screaming, and covered in
someone else’s blood. I have no problem going out the same way.”
Using the desks, I hobbled
through the row, desperately grasping at anything I could reach as the blood
dripped down my arm. With every successful step, I breathed through a little
bit more agony. I’d adapt.
At the end of the row, I
flailed for a weapon, anything at all. A keyboard wasn’t effective enough. The
blue supply closet door was a gaping neon sign against the monotony of the
white walls.
Every second that passed,
the nearer I got, the smell became more repugnant.
My hand rested on the
doorknob. What lay behind door number one? Did I open it? Wasn’t the wrestling
behind me enough problems for one detention? I snarled, gripped the door
handle, and pulled.
I reeled back as the door
was thrown open against my will. I was tossed back, crying out when a jab of
agony convulsed throughout my calf. I blinked. Lying on the ground with a milky
blank stare, skin tinged grey and bloated, was the real Mr. Conevetti.
Author Bio:
Kinsey Knight is a fantasy young adult author, who
dreams big, and writes bigger. She gets her inspirations from all manners of
life and events that surround her. As she embarks into the new world of Maeryn,
she will explore the realm of the fae, as her characters drag her through a
journey that will not be soon forgotten.
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