Hundreds of years ago, a race of supernatural beings called Mystics and humans went to war, almost resulting in the extinction of Mystic-kind. The Council, often seen as the Gods of all Mystics, created a rule that would prevent this from occurring again-Mystics must mask as human and can't interact with other Mystics to lessen the chance of exposure. Their existence is now only ever written as myth.

Are these stories of history, passed down from Mystic parent to Mystic child true? Or is there something deeper, darker going on?

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Michaela (Mika) Corey is an eighteen-year-old Druid who lives her life pretending to be human. She's loyal to the rule, but the seclusion puts her in a box she struggles to fit into. When she meets Iris Blake, her outlook on the human world and Mystic world shifts. Mika is presented with what's true and a task that she can't refuse because the future of Mystics are at stake. 

The Divide is created by Neradia, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

THE DIVIDE

Silver Hills Park, a place of joy and laughter, somehow became the center of war. Shrouded in the darkest of energies, so much that I can’t feel the energy of the surrounding plants. Neither can Iris. 


The sign that would be at the entrance is nothing, but dust, and the parking lot beyond it is empty, besides the few Mystics that are mentally preparing themselves before starting for the fields, before they find themselves amongst the chaos. 


They seem to be messengers, or they’re there to deliver supplies. 


Iris and I watch as they band together, agree to travel to the fields with each other to help minimize their fears, taking that first step off the sidewalk and into the grass, their draw-string bags bouncing against their backs with each step. 


Chapter 46: Mend (Part II)