Title: The Eternal Gift
Series:
The Eternal Series Vol. 1
Author:
Candy Crum
Genre:
NA Paranormal Romance
Audience:
17+
Formats:
Kindle/Paperback
Publisher:
Candy Crum
Cover
By: Megan Parker with EmCat Designs
Editor: Nathan Squiers with Literary Dark Editing
Pages:
224
ISBN-10: 061546050X
ISBN-13: 978-0615460505
ASIN: B00522J7HS
Expected
Date of Publishing: April 13th, 2014
Blurb-
A
young girl (Kailah) discovers that she is from a lost and forgotten powerful
Immortal blood line after she meets a strange new physician at work. She begins
to have visions and see spirits and has trouble controlling bad things from
happening when she is angry. Along the way she discovers the terrible truth
about who she is and the incredible power that is locked away deep inside her.
Her Immortal ancestors want to use her to destroy the vampire race. Vampires
want to use her power to destroy her Immortal ancestors. But hiding in the
shadows are those who have been watching her since she was born. They want to
help Kailah discover who she is and help her learn to use her abilities. They
simply want for her to make the right decision before it's too late.
Unfortunately for them time is not on their side and the Rogue Vampires have
plans for Kailah no one could have imagined.
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Excerpt-
CHAPTER
ONE (first half)
The night
was cool and thick as it sheathed me in total darkness. The satin shorts and
camisole that I’d gone to bed in were now damp from the moisture hanging
heavily in the air. Holding my hands in front of my body, I blindly wandered
around in blackness as I tried to find some kind of clue that would give me a
better picture. My bare feet told me that I was standing on soft ground, the
tall grass tickling my calves as I moved. It was possible that I was in a large
pasture, though the clean, crisp scent of the air let me know that no large
animals were near.
Thunder
cracked in the distance and the ominous, coal-black clouds had even chased the
moon and stars into hiding, not even the faintest glow giving away their
location. It took a moment, but my mind was finally beginning to recognize this
place. This was a dream world, one that I’d seen before. With every passing
night, with every passing dream, I was able to travel further and further into
this illusion as I tried to discover its meaning. I’d had recurring dreams
before, but there was something different, disturbing about
this one that seemed to speak to me. There was something that I was supposed to
learn here and I needed to find it.
The wind
began to pick up and I looked to the north, the same direction that I looked to
every night. Lightning cascaded across the sky, illuminating the massive, empty
pasture in which I stood. The momentary flash brought something to my attention
that I’d never seen in the dream before. Two figures stood off in the distance,
several yards between them, facing off. Even with great distance between us, I
could feel the tension rolling off of them. That must be the dark, heavy
feeling in the air that I’d felt: anger, hatred.
Thunder
rolled again as the lightning danced across the sky. Using the display to light
my path, I ran toward the figures ahead of me. As I approached, a bolt of raw,
electric energy reached down from the sky and ignited the immediate area in
flames. The swift turn of events stopped me short, nearly throwing me to the
ground. The flames spread into a perfect circle as it surrounded both figures,
blocking any further approach by me. Sharp chills cut through me from head to
toe as I realized that one of them was fully controlling the blaze.
Now that I
was closer, I could tell that the figures were women. One woman, maybe an inch
or two over five feet tall, stood around fifty feet away, and to my right. Her
long, jet-black hair reached just below her hips and whipped around in the
increasing wind. As I studied her, I began to see a deep-red, transparent
cloud, like an aura surrounding her. She was strong, very strong, and I could feel her
overwhelming power from here.
Looking to
my left, her opponent was roughly the same height; only her hair was frosty
white and hung to her knees. This woman was much different. She was surrounded
by an aura cloud as well, though hers was dark blue. Something about her called
to me and it took everything I had not to trudge barefooted through the flames
to reach her.
Rain began
to fall and quickly soaked everything around us, though it was still unable to
extinguish the fire. Movement brought me to attention as the white haired woman
lifted her arms. The earth began to quake beneath me as it broke free all
around her. She looked like a dancer as she maneuvered her body, forcing the
element into submission under her power. The packed earth sailed through the
air towards the dark haired woman, but she was quick to react.
In a
flash, she completely disappeared from my sight, managing to dodge the attack.
My eyes moved quickly as I focused to find her. My body locked up as my vision
was suddenly clouded with the mysterious dark haired woman as she appeared
before me, seemingly out of nowhere. Her dark, emerald green eyes and dilated
coal-black pupils stared into mine, glinting in the firelight. Her raven hair
seemed alive as it brushed my skin and sent tingles running through my body.
Her flawless, olive-toned skin nearly glowed as she stood there, concern in her
expression.
“Kailah.”
As her soft, sweet voice spoke my name, I inhaled sharply. Though her mouth
barely moved as she spoke my name, her perfect, white teeth showed just enough
for me to make out four tiny, yet still elongated, razor sharp fangs. My heart
fluttered rapidly as I wondered if this woman was the creature that she
appeared to be, and if so, how did she know me and what did she want with me?
“Y-yes?” I
stammered.
“This is
not a dream, Kailah. It’s a warning.” She leaned in closer. “Run,” she
whispered.
“Wait,
what?” I asked, chills once again stabbing me like thousands of needles running
from the roots of my hair to the bare, wet soles of my feet.
“Run!”
As soon as
I turned to run, the dark thunder cracked overhead and the lightning began
touching the ground all around me, trying to hold me where I stood. I heard a
loud growl sound out from behind me, but decided not to look back. The earth
began to shake again and my bare feet slid on the wet grass, the soft ground
cushioning me as I fell hard on my right hip.
“Hello
Kailah.” The new voice sent a shiver down my spine as I looked into the icy
blue eyes of the white-haired woman.
Though her
hair would have suggested otherwise, she looked no older than me: around
twenty. Her skin was also olive toned and absolutely flawless, just like the
other woman. Though, normally, one would look to the light as salvation and the
darkness as hell, I didn’t think that was the case in this situation. Her
crystalline blue eyes had death in them and I found myself backing away from
her, toward the raven-haired beauty.
She
laughed and the sound enveloped me like frigid water. “Kailah, you would choose
the Vampire over your own grandmother?”
Before I
could digest the words that she had unleashed on me, her attention shifted and
the blue aura cloud surrounding her exploded into a barrier. Instinctively, my
eyes closed and I threw my hand out as a large throwing knife bounced off the
cloudy shield and headed for me.
“It is you!” she said with wonder.
My eyes
snapped open and surrounding my hand was the same blue energy that surrounded
the white-haired woman, only mine had a throwing knife buried in it. I couldn’t
stop the scream that bubbled up out of my throat as the energy dissipated and
the knife fell in my lap. What the
hell was going on?
Her
attention shifted again and with soft, graceful movements, a lightning bolt
responded as it split from the sky and reached for her outstretched hand. She
caught the energy easily before throwing it at her opponent. Another loud growl
sounded out only a moment before something slammed hard into the barrier. That
something, I realized, was the woman she had referred to as the Vampire.
Dark red
energy swelled around the supposed Vampire as she pushed against the barrier of
the opposing woman. “Kailah! She can find you in your dreams! Go, now!” As soon as the order
left the raven-haired beauty’s lips, energy exploded from her body as the
white-haired woman was thrown several feet away. “This dream is a figment of
your own mind but, make no mistake, this is
a premonition. You are the key to ending this war and if she finds you, it will
doom all humans to a fate worse than death. Leave this realm now and prepare
your mind. Your life is about to change.”
Candy Crum
lives in Indiana and is the Author of “The Eternal Series” and other short
stories. She published her first novel, The
Eternal Gift, in May of 2011 and has been publishing ever since. Candy is
an avid lover of the paranormal genre, stemming from years of reading the
Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice when she was a teenager. Later, she developed a
deep love of the Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Mead and the House of Night
Series by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, furthering her love of the genre and
pushing her to really push to finish and publish her novel.
Since then, Candy has released three other books in The Eternal
Series and will release another later in 2014. Now, Candy is trying her hand at
more contemporary pieces of work, like that of Lean on Me and other books she will release in 2014.
Some of Candy’s interests include the usual reading and writing,
music (of most types), movies (action and comedy or any combination of the
two), cartoons (she loves to say that her children watch cartoons because she
does), and drawing. She loves talking with her fans and loves reading the
reviews that her fans are kind enough to leave for her. Always feel free to
find Candy on Facebook and send her a message!
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