Orphaned, forced to move to keep a deep dark secret, and cursed with abilities beyond human comprehension Angel Grigori can't explain many things in her life. So when a Silver Valley Academy classmate disappears and Angel was one of the last people to see her, it's no wonder that all eyes point towards her and her friends. But they know something the detectives don't: Ophelia was searching for a secret society at the school, and she knows just who to ask. Handsome and secretive Damian Williams, seen sneaking around campus at all hours of the day and night, is the perfect person to start her search off with. She soon discovers that the Academy, on the outside seeming so pristine and proper, is everything but. Something, or someone, is working in the shadows and she has to find out what is going on and stop them, before the secrets the school holds drag her down the deep end and seal Ophelia's fate. Urban Fantasy/Dark Academia Highest Rank: #13 on #darkacademia

"Just because something is considered a well accepted fact, doesn't necessarily make it true" Dragons are vile, dragons are wicked, dragons are evil, and above all dragons are dangerous. Everyone knows this, so did Lynwood, son of the local woodsman. He had read enough about dragons to know of their terror and danger and that they must be killed on sight. Not like he had anything to fear, dragons have long become extinct .....or have they? When sudden peril comes to the simple woodsman home and Lynwood's father is arrested with the accusation of plotting against the king, Lynwood and his sister have to flee into the mountains with a mysterious letter that must be taken to the king's nephew. It is there that Lynwood will discover that dragons are not so extinct after all. Lynwood will find himself tangled in the sticky web of politics, and his one key to getting himself and everyone else out of it will be to put aside his prejudice and come to see dragons for what they really are. (Many thanks to my awesome friend Chey for drawing the beautiful dragon that I used for the cover. She is a talented artist and I know the world of success is ahead of her :) )

Chapter One of a story I started. I'm only posting chapter one to get some feedback so I can see what works and what doesn't. It was a normal assignment: "parent" an egg for two weeks to learn about responsibility. For Kyle, however, the end of the assignment brings about a whole new beginning.