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

I found myself in a large field beside what I guessed to be the sea. It was a vast, endless shore of cold white sand leading to a massive body of clear, turquoise water. In the distance, I could see large boats, similar to the one my company and I stole to find Karl. Behind me, I saw two grown men and two little boys running towards the water. 


The two men looked strikingly similar and strangely familiar. They were both tall and brown-skinned, their eyes bright blue and a bearskin cloak covering each of their bare chests. 


Behind them, the two boys looked a lot like their fathers, the boy on the left probably 13 like me, tall like his father, his strides long and quick. The boy on the right was much smaller, only about 5 or 6, his stubby little legs trying desperately to catch up with the long strides of his father, uncle and cousin. 


‘Hector, Aaron, Silas and Leo?’ I thought to myself, ‘This must be Raganor’s memory of the day they died…’ 


CHAPTER 18: THE REAPER