What if our spirit animals could give us magical abilities? At sixteen-years-old Shale has spent her entire living memory within the cold stone walls of Silverwood monastery. Her only joys come from reading about heroes and pretending to be a hero. Her life changes when three strangers arrive from the west to tell her of her magical abilities and secret past. But an ancient evil has returned to Yim and it hunts her and her kind. Can she journey to a land of dragons and demons, and become the hero she's only read about in stories? 120k - 130k words

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.