Norlyn has suffered many tragedies over the years, from poverty to poisoned waters to drought and now enemy invaders are turning the country to rubble. Ayla Nkri is a villager in Norlyn. She was taught from young what her duty was to her country and to her family: she must graduate the academy and find her place in the military or royal guards. Her grades are in line with acceptance to the renown Orhem Academy. But in a new world of rules and discipline, her vulgar attitude and magic might not be as impressive when compared to that of the upperclass. She and every other like her, are sacrifices for Norlyn and she must remember this-even when faced with the heir to a great noble house, Sir Zayd of Cormill, who insists there is much more to life. A noble who has no knowledge of the the suffering that peasants must face if they do not willingly lay down their lives for their country or know of the negotiations taking place between allied nations, that sort of person has no right to give her advice in what is best for her country or her family. Strong willed and determined as Ayla is, there something in the shadows-someone is watching, and without her knowing it, she becomes a puppet on a string.

Imagine the second you're born, a consultant removes you from your mother's grasp and runs a battery of genetic and physiological tests on you. Thirty minutes later they give you a score out of one hundred which denotes your level of perfection. If your score is above eighty and you work hard to maintain that score you will have a charmed life; well fed, well-rewarded, spoiled. But fall below eighty and you're labelled Flawed, and life will not be so kind. Hannah is adopted by a Flawed family when her birth parents choose their social standing over their daughter and endures a life of struggle, hunger and service. One day Hannah is escorted to the regional government office and told that the Consultant who delivered her, who labelled her Flawed got it wrong! Now, she is being relocated back to her birth parents, to live as one of the Ninety-Five- all medically and legally judged as perfect. Entering this new life Hannah has an impossible decision to make which puts not only hers, but the lives of everyone she cares about at great risk. "The Numbered- where no one wants to be number one". Authors notes: -This is a first draft of my story and will be edited soon. -2013 Began writing Flawed -2015 Watty Winner/ Named changed to The Numbered -2016 Completed The Numbered -2019 Optioned by eOne for development into a TV show.