Author Bio:
Ava Altair grew up reading fantasy and science fiction novels. She graduated from Florida Tech with a BS in Science Education – Physics and a minor in Computational Mathematics. She taught as an AP Physics teacher for five years in Florida. She now lives in Oregon, teaching horseback riding lessons and managing the stables.

Kira Hatfield, the unluckiest woman in the world, is about to get dropped into the realm of the strange and weird. While running from her fear of the dark, Kira literally trips over her best friend’s murder, except it’s not a person, it’s the darkness itself. Kira battles between what she saw and her perception of reality. Slowly, the world around her starts to change pulling her deeper into this unseen world. She finds out she has two guardians that have saved her life many times, one a demon and one an angel. Tensions rise as her guardians fight over her, but everything is not as it seems. Together they help her realize her true nature while she finds a way to save her best friend.

Darkness

I plopped down on the chaise and threw a few pieces of candy in my mouth. "What's his faction's name?"


Liam pushed the table aside and dropped to one knee in front of me, his head bowed. 


"Beloved. I'm sorry. I didn't realize. I'm so sorry. Please, forgive me."


"The way I treated you. I'm so sorry. Beloved, I'm sorry I called you Kira. I'm sorry."


I bit my lip. I realized he was afraid of me. He'd seen my power, and that had changed how he saw me. I reached out and set my hand on his jaw. His skin was cold to the touch again. "Liam, I am the same person I was ten minutes ago. If you're mad at me for something I did, tell me, call me Kira. I don't care. But what I did just now was to protect us and the brotherhood. Please don't let that change how you see me."


Chapter 102: Leader