Seeking the Creatures

When Jane was little, her parents used to tell her wonderful tales of the hidden kingdom of Morbudia, a secret community of tiny magical creatures living in harmony among the trees, and she would longingly hunt the woods in search of such a kingdom, a kingdom where anything would be possible.

Now fifteen years old and facing the harsh reality of life, Jane knows that fantasy kingdoms do not exist, that dreams coming to life is just wishful thinking. Her dad was killed in the war and her mum has become a subject of an practically fatal ailment. Living in the city, away from the countryside of her childhood, Jane longs for the past, for being young and innocent and free, being able to believe again and let her imagination take her somewhere far away, something she knows will never happen again.

But what if she is wrong? What if the stories are true? What if they're not just stories at all but something much more real, much darker? And what if there was something Jane didn't know about her life, an essential jigsaw piece she never knew was missing?