I love love love the cover and the cover artist! She's the best ever :) That's my Ari at the Bonneville Salt Flats. I'll give you a hint--she and Shane are about to blow things up... ;)
Blurb:
Ari thought being in love with her
prophesied nemesis sucked. But being responsible for her best
friend's kidnapping? It sucks worse.
Ari and Shane thought they’d beaten
Fate and ended the three-hundred year war plaguing their people. They
thought love had won. But they were so, so wrong.
Instead of graduating high school like
the normals, they’re in a battle to save Charity – Shane’s
cousin, Ari's best friend, and the seer who might hold the key to
ending the war for good. To do that, they’re forced to accept help
from a boy they aren’t even sure they can trust. He’s powerful
and knows spells even Ari’s never heard of, but he’s also
secretive and has a past he’s determined to keep hidden . Add to
that the fact that he has his sights set on Ari, and Shane would
rather do without his help.
Ari has bigger problems than mysterious
boys and their strange powers. The powerful Edren Family is hunting
her brother, and she can't very well save him or Charity while
they’re constantly being attacked by her own people. To stop the
raids, she has to take the fight to them. But if she starts hunting
the family that raised her, what kind of monster will she be?
Fate still waits for the death of one
by the hand of the other
Excerpt:
"No
no, Hunter, it curves this way." Ari stood back, watching with a
frown, and then jumped back in. "Imagine in your mind what you
want the spell to do. Tie your emotions to your spells."
Shane
watched her guide Hunter and tried again on his own. "Close,
Shane, but like this," Ari reached out, holding his hand as she
led him through the motion. He felt the flames racing through his
blood react to her touch and sparks flew from his fingers, igniting
the spell. It hung, burning, in the air, a bright blue curlicue
thing. "Perfect," she whispered, still holding on to his
hand.
"Maybe,
but does it work?" Tristan's voice was flat and uninterested,
but Shane could hear the animosity running under the words.
"We
don't have any targets set out. He can't test it." Ari shook
her head, and still holding Shane's hand, made a quick swiping
motion through the spell, dissipating it. "Try again."
She let go of his hand and stepped back, watching expectantly.
Shane
tried, once, twice, and three times. He couldn't get it quite right,
but neither could Hunter, which made him feel better, and Tristan
wasn't even trying.
"It's
okay if you can't do it, Shane. There are a lot of other powerful
spells she uses that will be much easier for you to master,"
Will said.
Ari
vehemently shook her head. "No. He can do it. Just give him a
minute!"
Shane
kept his attention focused on the spell in front of him, but he
couldn't stop his grin.
Ari
believed in him.
He
burned the spell into the air again, trying to replicate the one Ari
had drawn, but it fizzled into a mass of smoke. The spell had to
ignite to actually do anything. He groaned in frustration, tipping
his head sideways to look at Ari. "What am I doing wrong?"
She
bit her lip, studying him for several seconds. "When you did it
the first time, what were you thinking?"
Shane
paused, dropping his hand that was still poised in the air. "Umm…
I was thinking we were gonna die and I had seen you throw that spell
so I knew it was possible. It just happened."
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Looking forward to reading this! I love your covers . :)
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