Book 2 of Epoch

9 year jade xara brutally taken from home leaving the mother in hysterics now given up for dead, more at 8. "she began to inch backwards silently. the bird suddenly lurched forward with its claws outstretched towards the girl with an angry cry. "MOMMA!" Given up for dead and isolated, jade must go through the motions of breaking free from her captor and finding the truth in a carefully spun web of lies to find solence in salutary. Credits for: Discolored Collaborative class project