Anathema (Cloud Prophet Trilogy Series Book 1)
Megg Jensen
Language: English
Pages: 193
ISBN: B004MDLN66
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
From USA Today bestselling author, Megg Jensen...
Forget prophecy. Make your own destiny.
Sheltered from the outside world with no hope for escape, slave girl Reychel dreads her fifteenth birthday - when her master’s symbol is burned on the back of her bald scalp. Her best friend disappears the night before, leaving her to face the branding ceremony alone. She soon discovers nothing is as it seems when people desperate for freedom beg for Reychel's help.
Can Reychel learn to believe in herself?
Other Books by Megg:
The Initiate - a novelette bridging the Cloud Prophet Trilogy and The Swarm Trilogy
Cloud Prophet Trilogy:
Anathema
Oubliette
Severed
Pick up the story 20 years later with:
The Swarm Trilogy:
Sleepers
Afterlife
The Sundering
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
Hildof and the Seven Given Souls
Magic of Thieves (Legends of Dimmingwood, Book 1)
Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft (2nd Edition) (Llewellyn's Practical Magick)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, Book 5) (UK Edition)
we kept behind the counter. I didn’t care who they decided I was, as long as I was allowed to go. They continued to argue as I slipped into the back bedroom and put on a clean dress. It wasn’t a fancy dress, just a plain dark blue work dress, but I couldn’t imagine anyone else would be dressed any finer. I’d seen glimpses of common people throughout the years and they didn’t dress like Kandek’s noble friends. I grabbed my wig off of my cot and adjusted it over my own hair. My dark locks now
people crowded into the cottage before and most of them were angry-looking men. I felt Mark’s arms encircled my waist. “Johna,” he yelled, craning his neck and peering through the masses. “Are you okay? Where are you?” “Stop yelling, child, I’m right here.” Johna pushed through the crowd, jostling elbows and even stepping hard on one man’s foot. He responded with a grunt, but Johna ignored him. “I told you I had to consult with the council,” she said. “They’re all here. All eleven of them.”
lifted his head and looked me in the eyes. He took my hand in his. “Don’t you see it?” he asked me. I studied his face, looking for the clue I knew must be there somewhere. I looked at his eyes, the only part of him I ever found any emotion in. His dark, amber eyes. “Oh Eloh,” I said, stumbling backwards. All those years I hadn’t noticed what was right in front of me. I had no cause to, but now it all made sense. “Your eyes.” “So like my daughter’s,” he said. “I’m surprised it took you so
said. “It’s easier for her if it’s quiet.” We watched in wonder as Tania's mouth moved, but no sound came out. Her face tightened as if she was irritated. She seemed to be arguing, but then a big smile burst across her face. She nodded her head and then fell silent. “Okay,” she said. “Nemison is contacting a few gifted people. They’ll get here as soon as they can, but it may not be fast enough. Although, he says he’s already on the grounds, here to make sure our plans don’t fail. How long until
receiving end of Nemison’s powers to explore the mind. I wondered if Ivy was fighting back as his mind touched hers in places no one had ever been. Within moments, my former friend’s head relaxed back into Nemison’s hands. He slowly removed his fingers from her eyelids. Ivy blinked her eyes, but did not close them. Her arms relaxed and her head rolled to one side as Nemison released his grip. “Take her to her chambers,” he said to the guards, “but leave her hands bound. She is to touch no one.”