Soul Quest

Chapter 1

Soul Quest

The Soul Quest Trilogy, Book One

Amy Maurer Jones

© Copyright, 2010

Cover Artist: Kelsey Keeton of K KeetonDesigns, Photographer/Designer/HMUA

Cover Models: Serena Lee, Michael Haygood

AUTHOR'SNOTE:

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters and places either are a product of the author's imagination or are used fictionally, and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, business establishments, events orLOCALES is entirely coincidental.

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The Past

War

Assassination

Annihilation

A world devoured by the

most sinister of creatures.

Chapter One

Liv

Time - February 14, 2015

Place - Forest Hills High School parking lot

Queens, New York

"It is not in the stars

to hold our destiny

but in ourselves."

- William Shakespeare

Jedd sensed something was wrong tonight. Darn it! Why did he have to be so perceptive?

"You can trust me, you know?" he said. "There isn't anything I can't handle and there definitely isn't anything that I wouldn't do for you. You know that, Liv" heCONTINUED.

"Jedd, I know you care for me and I hope you know that I care for you. You should go home. We shouldn't be together tonight. I want to do what is right and I don't know what that is. This isn't fair to you anymore." I said.

Why was it so hard to let him go? Logically it made perfect sense but it felt so wrong. I needed him. I relied on him when I was weak and unsure of myself. Jedd made me feel like I could do anything, be anything. If he ever knew exactly what that sometimes involved he might change his mind. What if he did know? What would he think of me? How would he feel about me after he knew the truth? Would he think I was a freak? I couldn't handle the idea of him shunning me and yet it seemed I suddenly had to know if he could accept me for me. He immediately recognized the look of insecurity and doubt in my face. Naturally he assumed the fear and doubt was somehow directed at him. He raised an eyebrow at me as if to say, takeYOUR best shot.