Arya lives a privileged life in the castle of Algvadon, set to inherit the scales and follow her fathers legacy. ____________________ The scales collective protect us from them, the unruly, the unpredictable, the creatures that favour war. Humans. The humans are ... un-gifted, it's what made us a threat to them. When the world was one, earth shared stories of mermaids, gods, witches, warlocks, fairies, vampires, werewolf's, monsters, heroes, unexplained strengths that are now mere myths. But the balance was out, the ungifted and the gifted came to a realisation that they were different, dangerously different. More and more occurrences of gifted killing un-gifted and un-gifted killing gifted caused the collective; a group of both sides of the spectrum to bend space-time too separate and ultimately, protect themselves from the inevitable. The scales should be in perfect balance, the gifted and the un-gifted perfectly where they should be, but the scales have been dipping and the mirror may fall to pieces. Which side will prevail?

"But gambling is addictive, and although I hated to admit it, I was addicted to the thrill Sebastien had brought into my life. Back in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho my life had been so marginal. It wasn't bad or traumatic. It was nothing like Sebastien's past. But it was boring. And boring can be dangerous when you're exposed to the thrill. Sebastien exposed me to that thrill and now I could never turn back. Even if I wanted to." The night after her 18th birthday, Raegan Mills hops on a plane to Venice, Italy in a desperate urge to leave the suffocating town she grew up in, despite all the protests from her family and friends. But at the start of the trip, Raegan's plans quickly fall sideways and she's forced to make some last minute decisions. Meeting a strange, foreign man named Sebastien in a bar on her first morning in Venice, will eventually cause her to rethink everything. Sebastien flips Raegan's point of view on life, the world, and modern society. But what Raegan doesn't know is that Sebastien is hiding dark secrets that could get Raegan killed. Is the thrill worth it if it means risking your own life? A dark adventure romance Cover made by @humorously Rankings: #3 in Istanbul #3 in South America #3 in Coming of Age Awards: 3rd place in The Chromatic Awards 2019 Weekly updates on Sundays #theblackawards2k19