Dark
Siren
Book
1
Eden
Ashley
Genre:
YA Paranormal Romance
Publisher:
Eden Ashley
Date
of Publication: July 2013
ISBN:
0989963217
ASIN:
B00DSPPOX2
Number
of pages: 427
Word
Count: 100K
Cover
Artist: Victoria Faye
Book
Description:
To
survive, their bond must be unbreakable.
When
the mysterious and passionate Rhane rescues Kali from an attacker in
the theater parking lot, they form an immediate, smoldering
connection. But Kali doesn't remember Rhane or anything from their
past. As far as Kali knows, she's just a seventeen-year-old kid
coping with an insatiable hunger for the “spark” or energy of
others, feeding on classmates to survive.
A
unique artifact—one that may hold the key to returning Kali’s
memories—is uncovered by the archaeology firm where she works
part-time, sending Kali and Rhane on a dangerous journey that leads
them to the Forbidden City, into the unforgiving Gobi, and into the
ruins of Rhane’s ancient homeland. As they fight for survival, Kali
begins to discover who she really is and the true power she
possesses. But Rhane still harbors a secret that could destroy
Kali…unless old enemies kill her first.
Excerpt:
The sound of her
screams reached him as he neared the dorm. Pausing at the threshold,
the man stepped inside. Death and the wind were at his back. Dozens
of hollow-eyed students turned to observe his presence. Fear had
twisted their youthful faces into horrific masks. A few of them wept.
Others clung together as another scream echoed into the night. The
man flinched. Then he steeled himself against all emotion. His kind
was supposed to feel nothing.
He made his way
through the crowd, students eagerly shuffling aside to let him pass.
It was as if somehow they sensed in him the power to end her
suffering. When a young man dressed only in boxers and a lettered
shirt stepped forward from a cluster of solemn dorm mates, the man
stopped. He recognized the boy.
“You are William.
You are the one who called.”
“Yes, sir,” the
young man said while nodding. His eyes were wide and frightened as he
pointed ahead to a closed door painted prison grey. “She’s in
there, sir.”
The man looked at
the door, and then back at the boy. “Is she alone?”
William’s
shoulders slumped with embarrassment. “I tried to stay with her
but…” his voice trailed, dropping to a hoarse whisper. “She
looks bad, sir. She wouldn’t stop screaming for me to get out. I
got scared. I’m sorry.”
“It’s alright,
son. You have done well.” The man laid a hand on the boy’s
shoulder with an encouraging smile that reflected none of the sadness
he felt. “She’s going to be okay.”
But her cries were
becoming more tormented by the second. He quickly continued down the
hall to the grey door. Behind it, he found her all alone. Her thin,
pale body was curled on a beaten sofa in the center of the room. She
was drenched in sweat. Dark hair plastered against her face, framing
a beautiful canvas contorted with anguish. He placed a hand gently on
her forehead.
Her eyes fluttered
open. “Daddy?”
“I’m here,
sweetheart. Everything is fine now.”
Sobbing in relief
even as another surge of agony ransacked her strength, she gritted
her teeth. “It hurts.”
Squeezing her hand,
he spoke in a voice thick with regret. “I know. I’m sorry.
Letting you come here was a mistake. I’ve waited too long.”
She was lost in the
pain and didn’t seem to hear him. “I see horrible things. I did
horrible things. There was so much blood.”
It hurt him terribly
to see her in such distress. No matter what the others said, this
girl had truly been his daughter. But right now, his love for her
could not matter. He had a job to do. There were things he needed to
know. There were questions he had to ask.
“What do you see?”
“Bodies,
hundreds of bodies littering the ground…” The words broke off as
she rolled with another wave of misery. “They’re burned…old and
young, women and children.” She sobbed again. “I think I burned
them.”
“I’m going to
give you something to stop the pain. It will help you sleep.”
“Please hurry,
Daddy. Make it stop.” Her body shuddered. “I can’t take any
more of this.”
She
lifted her head, giving him a good look at her face. Surging veins
had crept like black spiders from the corners of her eyes,
transforming the surrounding skin into dark pools. She was
deteriorating rapidly. If the process wasn’t slowed, the human form
would soon be lost.
About
the Author:
Realist, cynic, and hopeless
romantic all rolled into one, Eden lives in a small, sunny town in SC where
thunderstorms inspire her best ideas. When not daydreaming about her next
novel, Eden can be found curled up with a musty old paperback and a cup of
coffee...or mired deeply in her next plot to take over the world. She enjoys
reading or watching anything with supernatural elements, so writing paranormal
and fantasy romance is a natural fit.
Twitter:
@Eden_byNite
Realist,
cynic, and hopeless romantic all rolled into one, Eden lives in a
small, sunny town in SC where thunderstorms inspire her best ideas.
When not daydreaming about her next novel, Eden can be found curled
up with a musty old paperback and a cup of coffee...or mired deeply
in her next plot to take over the world. She enjoys reading or
watching anything with supernatural elements, so writing paranormal
and fantasy romance is a natural fit.
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