Alia Rashad

At 6-years-old, Sela and her family were struck by a tragedy when her older brother went missing, and was said to have died in combat. Seven years later, Sela begins to suspect that not everything was as perfect as it seemed, and that something foul was at play. Sela, along with her loyal companions, decides to leave the village and embark on a long, perilous journey to find out what really happened to her brother all those years ago, with the use of a power she'd kept secret from all but her family her whole life: telepathic abilities, or as she calls them, her Mind Games.  On this journey, Sela faces terrible dangers and dark magic as she prepares to battle an enemy she did not expect, and uncovers a secret she did not foresee.

MIND GAMES

The next day, there seemed to be a lot of panic in the village, Father had gone missing, and Karl's message had spread. Karl and I were eating breakfast in our little room with Tula and Matt when the door flew open, and in the doorway stood my mother with Henry close behind, their puffy, bloodshot eyes wide in disbelief as they glanced from me to Karl. Unsure of what to say, Karl and I rose from our seats and my mother burst into tears as she threw her arms around us. 


"Hi mum!" Karl chuckled, my mother took her arm off me and wrapped both her arms around the son she thought she had lost all those years ago, the son she had been so desperate to see again. 


"I knew you were alive, my brave, beautiful boy." She said tearfully. As I met Henry's gaze, he looked away from me and awkwardly stared at his feet. 


"Hi," I said shyly, Henry raced towards me, picked me up and spun me around. 


"You're mad," he whispered into my ear. I laughed and wrapped my arms around his fat little neck, 


CHAPTER 13: THE DAY OF THE WAR