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An ancient book, a seventeen-year-old girl and an exotic boy from a supernatural world hold the key to freedom for a long-oppressed race, but that freedom could come at the cost of the human world.

Seventeen-year-old Kalista is suffering from a broken heart, so when her playwright father proposes they move their lives from New York to New Mexico because he is in need of inspiration Kalista is 100% on-board with him. New Mexico proves to be the perfect balm for her wounds and she is just starting to feel some of her old spunk when Tristan Winfield comes into her life and pulls all of her barriers down. Kalista is captivated by Tristan's unusual silver eyes and feels an inexplicable connection to him, which begins to manifest itself in her dreams with bizarre images of a waterfall and an orb.

While searching for an explanation for her troubling dreams, Kalista discovers an ancient book which holds the secrets of a supernatural race of creatures. But when Killings hit town, she realizes her finding has come at a high price. She's in the middle of a power struggle now, a struggle that seems to be linked to the secret wrapped within the pages of that book. A secret she and Tristan are part of...



The Ylem Trilogy

Van Morrison's song "Beside You" streamed through the speakers, soothing the dry air inside the Escape. My dad loved his music and I'd grown used to the rich, mellow voice singing the lyrical tunes. This song in particular was one of my favorites. But not even the soulful sound of the guitar could defocus my mind from the recent discoveries.


The depths of the black forest, I remembered. I could definitely see in my mind's eye a werewolf traveling in that thick barrier of trees edging the road. But there was a big difference between imagining and actually believing. The old lady's words seemed so real it was hard not to believe them. But again, they didn't sound logical. How could they? These creatures were supposed to be the product of our imagination, not something real. It went against science.


Yet, there was always that zero point zero one percent of possibility...


I sighed. "Dad...have you ever wondered if some legends are true? Say like werewolves?"


Chapter 28: Breakthrough, Part 1