It's not unusual to hear people's voices in your head. It's expected, really. What's interesting is the fact that the voice in Dahlia's head does not belong to a human - it belongs to the stars, instead.
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"Who are you?" someone might ask to the utter horror showing on Dahlia's face.
"I... I..."
Maybe she was right to think of herself as part of a rhythm, a system that stretched all around her, as everyone, even fate, expected her to fix the mistakes of her predecessors. Maybe, just maybe, she was right to think that none of it even mattered, despite the swelling pain in her heart that told her - it did.
Maybe Dahlia felt it in her soul, the very fabric of life, of imagination, of love, of happiness - maybe it was too much, threatening to tear her apart at the seams.
And maybe, as she was looking at that Door before her, polished and beautiful, she may have thought of an answer that satisfied her, satisfied the stars, even the shrieking voices in her head. They belonged to the people she'd met in her life, no matter how kind and loving.
Dahlia sighed deeply, tracing her fingers along her skull. Would this be the end for her? Or would this simply be a new beginning, a dull promise of starting over, letting the past disappear?
Perhaps it really was her as she swallowed her pride and went through the Door.
Perhaps it really was her destiny.
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The first draft of my fantasy trilogy that I've been dying to finally write! I need feedback, so don't be shy, give it to me! I should post regularly as the whole draft is written by now (I'm working on the second book but I've barely started to be honest)
In this world between three others lie the secrets to wars and pain. Will Dahlia finally understand what it means to be loved?
The world isn't really what you think it is. Below the surface there is a battle for good and evil. Supernatural beings live, love and fight on both sides of the war. No one knows who's winning and depending on who you ask what side they are on, good or evil. Lines were drawn thousands of years ago. Between those that fed on humans in some way or another called Verga versus those that didn't called Empa. A battle that never ends with only one reward. Their consort, a supernatural beings soul mate.
Dahlia is Kitsune. A kind of shape shifter that takes the form of a fox. She believes Kitsune are on the good side of the war. She was lucky her consort was born in her pack. They were neighbours and best friends since a young age. Their relationship was beautiful and special. In a time when many Kitsune were not able to find their consort James and Dahlia were never without theirs. Then an evil Wraith took James' life and Dahlia's reason for living away along with her capacity to love.
The Wendigo found Dahlia in the twisted metal heap that used to be their car, just moments before her soul left her body. He fed his blood to Dahlia and brought her back to his home against her will. Dahlia should have died that day for more reason than one. But for some reason she was getting healthier by the day.
Why is she alive? How could she live without her consort James? How was she going to raise their child without her ability to love? Why did the Wendigo save her? Why does he call Dahlia his consort? Most importantly...why does Dahlia want to believe him?