Title:
Thunderlight
Series:
The Dragonian Series, book 2
Author:
Adrienne Woods
Pages:
490
Release
date 21 November
Publisher:
Fire Quill Publishing.
Genre:
YA Fantasy
Vibrant, scale swathed wings… Abilities that can
be harnessed by a chosen few… Dragons…
All this may seem like old news, but for sixteen year-old
Elena Watkins the world of Paegeia is not finished revealing all its secrets.
During a summer break intended for relaxation, she discovers that her harrowing
adventure to retrieve the King of Lion sword wasn’t the destiny foretold by the
cryptic Viden, a dragon with the ability to see a person’s true fate. The words
inked onto the page of the mysterious Book of Shadows remains black and Elena
must return to Dragonia Academy to discover their true meaning.
Upon her return to the magnificent castle she has to face
a challenge of a different kind, keeping her boyfriend Lucian McKenzie, the
Prince of Tith and love of her life, away from the dangerous new student, Paul
Sutton. As a Wyvern, Paul has made it his mission to claim Elena as his rider
but he is proving to be more perilous than at first glance.
Everyone knew that Wyverns were bad news, and just as evil
as the darkness that lurked inside Blake Leaf, the Rubicon forced to fight
against his inner nature every day. But Elena can see a small light lurking in
the darkness, a destiny still unfulfilled; to prove that Wyverns can be
claimed.
Will Lucian’s dark secret about Wyverns and Elena’s need
to prove their true nature cause their love to be torn apart? And which of
Elena’s friends will be sacrificed this time if she is wrong?
Chapter One
Castle of Etan
Anger, betrayal, and hate turned my
stomach acid, it consumed my mind and I watched as bottles, papers and books on
the desk, flew off and crushed to the floor.
A maid rushed to my side. She didn’t say
anything, but her eyes reflected fear. The dustpan in her hand trembled as she
started to sweep up the jagged shards of glass. Rising from the floor she began
to straighten the books that had fallen to the floor in a heap. Every few
seconds I would notice her eyes dart nervously in my direction as if a mere
breath would make me lash out as her with my outstretched hand.
I touched her face gently until my hand
reached her neck, tightening slowly as my anger began to rise once again. My
grip tightened around her soft, shapely neck as I lifted her up from her
position on the floor at my feet. Listening carefully I could hear her heart
fluttering like a bird trapped inside a cage.
“How did I become this way?” I thought,
giving voice to my reality softly.
She just stared at me with round, brown
unblinking eyes. Her eyes were sunken deep into the surface of her face and her
cheek bones were sharply defined.
Looking at her sullen face made me feel
worse. I lifted up my other hand and struck the woman hard across her cheek.
A cry left her mouth and I threw her from
me as if she weighed nothing. She skidded across the floor landing in a heap
against a wall of cold, unforgiving stone. If I was a dragon I would blast
fire, redeem this wretched place to a pile of insignificant ashes.
Two other maids, hearing the startled
cry, rushed into the room. Their eyes were wide as they took in the room and
the immobile heap near the far wall. “Sorry, me lord,” the older one said.
“She’s new, we will train her better.”
They picked up the maid who had come too
and begun sobbing. She clutched the side of her face, cover the huge red hand
print where I struck her.
I nodded. The old maid knew her place
well, although I still didn’t care for her name, she knew where she stood.
I plunged myself down onto the chair and
closed my eyes. A silent roar growled inside of me lighting a fire of rage deep
in my core.
The girl had made it.
The Rubicon saved her life, so a part of
him was still fighting me. I could still see her eyes searching mine. They bore
into my soul, seeking answers. How was this possible! The wall wouldn’t allow
any human to go to the other side.
Albert’s laughter echoed inside the
castle; s startling reminder that good would always win. He would pay dearly
for this. I would find a way, but I promised she wouldn’t live much longer.
I got up, rubbed my face hard and let the
emotion of my anger escaped my lips. The rage that emanated from deep within me
overpowered the haunting laughter and echoed throughout the entire castle.
“Master,” Cain’s voice interrupted my
thoughts.
“Speak my loyal servant,” I said out
loud. “What is the news?”
“Everything is in place. We won’t fail
you,” his voice said in my head.
I closed my eyes, took a deep breath and
let it out hard. “We’ll see.”
Adrienne Woods resides in South Africa with her husband
and two beautiful little girls, where she work as a full time writer and lives
her dream. Thunderlight is the second part of The Dragonian Series which will
be available in November 2014. Firebolt, book 1, of The Dragonian Series is
available for purchase at all the big online stores.
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