The Monster Within Me

It was summer, but a bad storm was coming on. Our parents had recently died. The grief had hit me so hard. I couldn't get over it. We stood on the beach and watched the sky fill with clouds. The surf played at our toes, and the wind slapped our hair backwards. I saw something, something that looked like a someone, moving on an island in the distance. For some reason, a shiver went up my spine. I looked to my side, to see my sister watching these men, a determined look setting in her eyes.
"Go!" she told me, with a hint of hysteria, "You're no longer safe here! Go under the water, and they'll take you in! Tell them your sister is Autumn Tiltide and you need to be safe. You are in great danger! Tell them they must keep you safe! Tell them you are her! The girl! Just remember- I lo-" Lightning cut her off. It seemed rash, but I looked back just in time to see her shoot up into the sky by two bolts of crackling lightning. I screamed, and dived in, drived by fear, hoping I could trust my sister on this.

Alissa Tiltide has lost almost everything. Her family, her freedom, her happiness. She's trapped down in Atlantis, prisoner inside a castle which she can't leave. Her life may seem perfect, but being the foster daughter of the King and Queen does have it's cons. Alissa just wants one thing. Autumn, her sister, back.

Paired with an unlikely friend, Alissa races to discover the truth about the place she has been living it. Sometimes, the darkest things lie deep underneath the surface.