Katera

A LESSON THAT CAN'T BE TAUGHT, AN HEIR THAT CAN'T BE FOUND, AND A GOD THAT WON’T RISE.

When chaos strikes my hometown, I am one of the few to escape the clutches of a dark mage who seeks control through the use of forbidden crystals. Everything has changed, the king is dead, war is on the horizon, and something is happening to me that I cannot explain.
I used to just be Taliah, a young woman living an average life, but fate has a different plan for me, or so I have been told. The problem is everyone seems to believe I can stop this evil, everyone except me.

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Celestia.

Two men patrol with a flaming torch. Each of them holding a gun and scanning the area intently. We shrink back into the shelter of the wheat and quietly wait for the men to pass. They march past us in total silence, their feet stepping lightly amongst fallen twigs and leaves.
I wait until the flames flicker in the distance and glance back at the twins. 
They nod, and we make a break for the tree line. I bolt across the frost-touched grass and make it safely within the trees. Steadying my breathing, I turn and peer back at the wheat. It takes long moments to spot Kent andChloe, I wave my hand, and one at a time they dart across the gap.
Inside the cover of the trees, we retreat deeper into the woods. Away from curious flames and the bewitched villagers that held them.