| A sucky-ass book written by a sucker author that never got finished |
"To build a mountain, you must first fill rivers,"
Delilah Ashton. A name not known to many, but for those who do know it, they don't know much about the girl whom it belongs to.
Missing from her home at the mere age of three, Delilah has gotten used to solitude. She's important, but no one knows why. Many have tried to see her greater importance to Eitherdal, how she is the fabled 'chosen one'. But none can. She's kept away from the public in fear of harm. Charming life, right?
Now 17, Del wants to discover the world on her own, see places, meet people, do things. Hashi said no, like always, "Its too dangerous out there for you," he said, "I'm just trying to keep you safe." Yep, that's what he always says. Del never knew why she couldn't explore like all the other children, go to school, ride a bike, or for that matter, even leave her floor of the house they shared. It gets boring after a while. It gets lonely, yeah there's Hashi, but he's old and a guy. All Del really wants to do is leave and go on an adventure, see the world like, others do. When a mysterious man visits and devises a plan to help her escape she discovers things about herself that she never knew. And this is only the beginning of a new life for little Miss Delilah Ashton.
Delilah "Del" Cross went into the woods with the express purpose of never coming back out. However, death was interested in someone else that night. Del finds a murdered young woman, who soon rises from the dead as a zombie.
Del is brought into a very special community living in happy isolation within the beautiful Whisper Valley. There creatures of myth and legend live together in harmony, following a strict set of rules that allow them to be who they are but also enjoy modern amenities like a steady Wifi connection and the latest smartphone. They all just want a normal life that's free from persecution by humans.
For them, humans are instead seen as a commodity. Specifically they're known as the "Bodies" and they all have one year to either be sponsored or converted by one of the town's supernatural citizens. Del fills the vacancy left by the corpse in the woods, Calista Nightgrave. Calista should have been the next bride to a wealthy vampire, but instead she is a lowly zombie that's furious over the shift in her immortal afterlife.
Both Del and Calista feel like something was stolen from them that fateful night, and they must work together to find the truth behind the death thief.
*** Content Warning: Suicidal Ideation (Chapter 1: A Walk through the Woods)
*** This is the first book in the Delilah Cross series. Books 1-4 are complete and available on Wattpad. Posting for the final book will begin March 2024.
1. The Death Thief
2. The Phantom Touch
3. The Blood Moon
4. The Bone Chapel
5. The Astral Eyes (March 2024)