Part 2 of The Runner series. ================================== The Runner's Rebellion was only the beginning. Tensions run high as the City struggles to repair itself after a civil war. Intacts and Fragments fight to find themselves a place in the new order amid whispers of a Queen being unfit to rule. The delicate balance will be upset when a new evil threatens the City, this time from outside it's walls. The war with the Wastelanders has finally begun. Kay and her friends are rebels transitioning into leaders. Tasked with keeping the City safe from war means forming an alliance with the enemy and going back into dangerous territory. Back into the Wastelands, into the desert where it all began.

Coby is living a perfectly ordinary life. But then a bleeding woman appears on her doorstep, and her mother inexplicably knows what to do. Soon everything Coby thought she knew about the world she lived in will be called into question as she works towards one goal: saving her family.

Her best friend's death pushed her over the fence. Her callousness got her caught by the guard. Her forgotten secrets urged her to dig deeper. Her stolen heart made her willing to sacrifice everything. (A Dystopian Novel)

This is a another prequel short story to The Cloud Roads, the first novel in the Books of the Raksura series, which is available from Night Shade Books in paperback, ebook, and audiobook. This one is about the main character Moon, when he was a young boy and still traveling alone.

*THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN WHEN I WAS JUST A WEE LITTLE CHILD WHO GAVE NO SHIT ABT GRAMMAR OR PROPER WRITING. DO NOT READ UNLESS UR IN POSSESSION OF A CARDIAC DEFRIBBILATOR TO JUMPSTART YOUR HEART AFTER YOUR CRINGE ATTACK* Hayley Stone has been bullied for 9 years by her pack members, class mates, and her own brother. Why? No reason at all, after Hayley and her brother witness their fathers' murder by a mysterious rouge right before their eyes, and their mothers sudden disappearance. They decide 'Hey, why not take it out on Hayley?'. But Hayley stays patient, ignoring the abuse, and name calling. Because there is still hope. Finding her mate. But on the day of the soon-to-be alpha and playboy Logan Pierce's 16th birthday, Fate decides to stupidly pair them up. And to Hayley's absolute horror, Logan rejects her. Having enough, she flees, only to accidentally stumble into the 'Shadow Blood Pack' territory, which happens to be the largest and most powerful pack in the country. But for once, luck is on her side, she soon joins the pack and is accepted for who she is. She finally has a family. But, of course, Fate has to come along and screw things up. The Moonstone Pack, (Hayley's old pack) is to join forces and also seeks shelter from the Shadow Blood Pack. But why not have some fun if she has to put up with these losers? She isn't the same girl that took crap from everyone. She is now the smoking' hot badass chick with an attitude. And she wants revenge. Little does she know, she's not the only one. She has a a mysterious childhood enemy as a stalker and a traitor hidden in the shadows. And she's in for a couple of surprises. ____________________________________ Copyright © 2012 Leena Colten All Rights Reserved.