Waken (The Woods of Everod book 1)
“It sat on my dresser, unopened for years. I lifted the lid. Shifting through the various necklaces, I searched for the one I wanted. The last time I’d seen it, my mother had tried to rip it from my neck. In the six years since she’d left, I hadn’t even thought of it.
Now it called to me. I found it burrowed in a corner of the box. The silver charm twirled as I pulled the knotted chain free, the one tangible piece of evidence that I had a mother and father, from the mess. A small wolf silhou...ette dangled from the chain. I reached up and caught the charm between my thumb and finger, turning it so I could see clearly.
My thumb brushed across it and I jerked suddenly as the air was sucked from the room. Everything turned black and then just as quickly burst with color. A cool breeze settled around me and the colors shifted, taking on solid forms.
My room fades away. Sunlight filters through towering trees at the edge of a pool of water I stand staring into.MoreLess
Now it called to me. I found it burrowed in a corner of the box. The silver charm twirled as I pulled the knotted chain free, the one tangible piece of evidence that I had a mother and father, from the mess. A small wolf silhou...ette dangled from the chain. I reached up and caught the charm between my thumb and finger, turning it so I could see clearly.
My thumb brushed across it and I jerked suddenly as the air was sucked from the room. Everything turned black and then just as quickly burst with color. A cool breeze settled around me and the colors shifted, taking on solid forms.
My room fades away. Sunlight filters through towering trees at the edge of a pool of water I stand staring into.MoreLess
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