Messenger
The
Guardian Trilogy
Prequel
Book
One
Laury
Falter
Book
Description:
Messenger
is the first prequel to the bestselling Guardian Trilogy - the
breathtaking romantic saga about a love that has lasted centuries
between a messenger and her guardian.
Maggie
does not know she is a messenger. She has never met her eternal
lover. She has never survived a Fallen One. All this changes when a
messenger awakens in the Hall of Records only to die moments later,
never to return.
As
Maggie sets out to determine why the messengers are suddenly
beginning to die, she crosses paths with the infuriatingly appealing
Eran and their story begins.
In
this riveting account of Maggie's first life on earth with Eran, the
star-crossed lover's romance transpires amidst treacherous enemies,
their friends' resistance, and their own opposing wills. With the
odds against her, can Maggie survive long enough to admit the
feelings she has so carefully denied?
MESSENGER
GUARDIAN
TRILOGY PREQUEL 1
EXCERPT
As
Eran's feet left the ground, he found me in the crowd and gave me one
final burning look. There was something in his eyes now, not pride at
having subdued Jacob or to impress upon me the importance of the
lesson he'd just demonstrated. All that seemed to have been
forgotten. No, what I saw was intense curiosity. And just before he
broke our gaze to adjust his sight on the route they were taking, I
was certain that he felt the same way I did…that he wished he
understood what had just happened between us.
As
the rest of us watched in awed silence, I couldn't help but notice
that, in a way similar to the messengers on their arrival, Eran's
group departed with the same close-knit familiarity.
"Who
are they?" I asked, my head still tilted back.
"Part
of a legion," Daniel replied.
Despite
my seclusion, I'd heard of legions. There were several of them, each
with a primary purpose. "Which one?"
"The
one that oversees castigated entities."
"Those
who have wronged humankind?"
"Yes,
the Fallen Ones," confirmed Daniel.
I'd
heard of them, too. In passing.
"And
Eran's a part of that legion?"
"No,"
Daniel said with a subdued chuckle. "Not a part of, the leader
of. He's their colonel."
"Colonel?"
I said, finally lowering my head.
Eran
had been out of sight for a while, but this was the first time I'd
felt enough conviction to look away.
"You
really have no idea who he is, do you?" Daniel was astonished.
"No."
He
didn't reply for what felt like a very long time. "Eran has been
credited with keeping the most dangerous entities from committing
further atrocious acts while they are sentenced to an eternity on
earth."
"You
mean his legion has," I corrected him.
"No,
I mean Eran. There is a reason why he is renowned. When the most
vicious of the Fallen Ones are too much for others in the legion to
handle, they request Eran, which is to say that he pursues and
restrains those who all others cannot handle."
"That
takes skill," Jacob muttered, stretching a kink from his neck.
Daniel
chuckled at the understatement. "Some of which you just
witnessed…personally," he added.
I
didn't share Daniel's humor, being too preoccupied by who I'd just
met, and how his attention had been so finely tuned to me. "Do
you think he'll be back?"
"Eran?"
Daniel said. "It's possible. I've heard every action he makes is
deliberate…calculated. He was here with a reason today. If he
returns, he'll have a reason then too."
Jacob
groaned, evidently not anticipating Eran's return. "Next time
you can spar with him."
Daniel
chuckled. "I'd think our time would be better spent training the
messengers, which is something we should probably return to…,"
he hinted.
Jacob
nodded, rubbing the side of his neck where I remember a vine had hit
him. Daniel pitied his friend through a quiet, suppressed laugh,
wrapping a friendly arm across Jacob's shoulders and walking him
toward the waiting group. But my attention drifted back to the sky
where Eran had disappeared.
The
anticipation of seeing him again proved too much and my insides were
ignited in a way I'd never felt before. That searing pleasure worked
its way through my belly, and as much as I wanted to dwell in that
sensation, I had to force myself to ignore it. There was work to be
done and that feeling was a distraction.
Resigned
to concentrate on my task at hand, I joined the messengers shortly
after, but not before peering back for one more lingering glance at
the sky.
About
the Author:
Laury
Falter is a bestselling author of young adult romantic suspense and
urban fantasy. She has three series out: the Guardian Trilogy, the
Residue Series, and the Apocalypse Chronicles.
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