Straight, raven-haired people, they possess unique and unusual abilities; they have such strange power or can it be magic? They are once the healers of the land of Cellis, but they were accused of spreading a disease and they were thrown far away to live at the eastern end part of Cellis, the town of Yel, and were labeled "witches". Years after, they were killed...no one knows that one survived, a timid yet strong-willed young lady. Alone, she lives to discover, to heal people and unexpectedly finds love. === #71 in Fantasy 12.21.15 with 2k votes - I never would have thought! =2013-2015=

What if you were told you were nothing, but then you became everything? After being abandoned by her parents and abused by the closest thing she ever had for family, Ariella Mathews has no hope for a better life and spends her days only hoping for as little pain as possible. This fifteen year old girl only knew a life of fear and hatred, she never believed that there would be a place for her and her Power of Healing since the Conleth, a group of nomads, told her that she, and it, were nothing. All of that changed when the Conleth abandoned Ariella in the middle of nowhere, forcing her to wander the forest in search of help. Days would pass until she was rescued, escorted to the City of Shona, and given a chance she had never dreamed possible. With her head filled with lies, Ariella has to learn the truth about her family, love, and her Power, but only if she can let go of the fear inside of her.